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| Table 46. | Child care, nursery school, and kindergarten experiences prior to first grade, by educational attainment of parents: 1991 |
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| | Parents' highest level of educational attainment1/
Educational | Total |---------------------------------------------------------------
experiences | |Less than|High school|Vocational/| College |Graduate |No parent
| | high |or equiva- | technical |graduate |or pro- |in house-
| | school | lency | or some | |fessional| hold
| | | | college | | school |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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| Use of nonparental home-based child care prior to starting
| first grade
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of 1st and 2nd grade | | | | | | |
children, in thousands .......| 7,547 | 791 | 2,393 | 2,288 | 1,051 | 947 | 78
| | | | | | |
Percent using child care | | | | | | |
by relatives ..................| 28 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 17 | 24
In own home2/ ................| 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6
In other home ................| 18 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 18
| | | | | | |
Percent using child care | | | | | | |
by nonrelatives ...............| 27 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 12
In own home2/ ................| 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4
In other home ................| 21 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 8
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| Attendance at day care centers, nursery schools, prekindergarten,
| and Head Start on a regular basis prior to starting first grade
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | | | | |
Total ........................| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100
| | | | | | |
Percent attending day care | | | | | | |
center, not nursery school ...| 15 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 18
Percent attending nursery | | | | | | |
school, not day care center ..| 34 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 40 | 48 | 29
Percent attending day care | | | | | | |
center and nursery school ....| 22 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 19
Percent not attending day care | | | | | | |
center or nursery school .....| 29 | 53 | 34 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 34
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| Attendance at kindergarten programs
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| | | | | | |
Total ........................| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100
| | | | | | |
Percent attending kindergarten .| 98 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99
Public kindergartens..........| 84 | 92 | 90 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 85
Full-day ...................| 33 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 23 | 23 | 46
Part-day ...................| 51 | 47 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 50 | 39
Private kindergartens.........| 14 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 14
Full-day ...................| 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 8
Part-day ...................| 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6
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Percent not attending kinder- | | | | | | |
garten .......................| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1
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1/Highest level of schooling completed by either parent or guardian in the household or the only parent
or guardian in the household.
2/Includes those in own home as well as those in both own and other home. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Experiences in Child Care and Early Childhood Progams of First and Second Graders." (This table was prepared April 1992.)
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