Table 47. | Child care arrangements of preschool children, by age and household characteristics: 1991 and 1995 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Children\1\ |Percent in nonparental arrangements\2\|Percent with |---------------------|--------------------------------------|parental care Characteristics | Number, |Percent |Relative |Non relative |Center based | only | in | |care |care |program\3\ | | thousands | | | | | ----------------------------|------------|--------|----------|-------------|-------------|------------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ----------------------------|------------|--------|----------|-------------|-------------|------------- | 1991 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age, total .................| 8,428 | 100.0 | 16.9 | 14.8 | 52.8 | 31.0 3 years old ............| 3,749 | 44.5 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 42.3 | 37.8 4 years old ............| 3,636 | 43.1 | 18.1 | 14.8 | 60.4 | 25.9 5 years old ............| 1,044 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 63.9 | 24.3 | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | White, non-hispanic ....| 5,867 | 69.6 | 14.8 | 17.3 | 54.0 | 30.6 Black, non-hispanic ....| 1,239 | 14.7 | 24.1 | 7.9 | 58.2 | 25.0 Hispanic ...............| 1,002 | 11.9 | 19.5 | 9.7 | 38.9 | 40.6 Other ..................| 319 | 3.8 | 19.3 | 12.1 | 53.2 | 32.6 | | | | | | Household income | | | | | | $10,000 or less ........| 1,495 | 17.7 | 16.8 | 6.3 | 44.9 | 42.4 10,001 to 20,000 ......| 1,437 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 11.8 | 44.5 | 35.9 20,001 to 30,000 ......| 1,711 | 20.3 | 18.9 | 12.9 | 44.5 | 38.5 30,001 to 40,000 ......| 1,319 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 53.2 | 29.7 40,001 to 50,000 ......| 936 | 11.1 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 60.0 | 23.1 50,001 to 75,000 ......| 974 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 21.9 | 68.4 | 15.2 More than 75,000 ......| 556 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 25.9 | 80.4 | 8.8 |------------|--------|----------|-------------|-------------|------------- | 1995 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age, total .................| 9,232 | 100.0 | 19.4 | 16.9 | 55.1 | 25.9 3 years old ............| 4,126 | 44.7 | 21.4 | 18.5 | 40.7 | 32.0 4 years old ............| 4,065 | 44.0 | 18.3 | 15.3 | 64.7 | 22.2 5 years old ............| 1,041 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 74.5 | 16.2 | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | White, non-hispanic ....| 6,337 | 68.6 | 16.5 | 19.4 | 56.9 | 25.2 Black, non-hispanic ....| 1,396 | 15.1 | 28.6 | 11.3 | 59.5 | 20.3 Hispanic ...............| 1,042 | 11.3 | 22.8 | 12.5 | 37.4 | 38.4 Other ..................| 457 | 5.0 | 22.6 | 10.5 | 56.7 | 24.2 | | | | | | Household income | | | | | | $10,000 or less ........| 1,795 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 10.5 | 48.8 | 34.4 10,001 to 20,000 ......| 1,204 | 13.0 | 25.2 | 15.1 | 44.6 | 32.7 20,001 to 30,000 ......| 1,484 | 16.1 | 20.7 | 13.5 | 45.5 | 34.2 30,001 to 40,000 ......| 1,319 | 14.3 | 20.0 | 20.3 | 46.1 | 29.7 40,001 to 50,000 ......| 1,037 | 11.2 | 18.1 | 19.8 | 55.5 | 23.1 50,001 to 75,000 ......| 1,381 | 15.0 | 18.8 | 19.1 | 71.1 | 11.8 More than 75,000 ......| 1,012 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 25.2 | 82.2 | 7.8 ----------------------------|------------|--------|----------|-------------|-------------|------------- |
\1\Estimates are based only on children 3 to 5 years old who have not entered kindergarten.
\2\Columns do not add up to total because some children participated in more than one type of nonparental arrangement. \3\ Center based programs include day care centers, nursery schools, prekindergarten, preschools and Head Start programs. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey (NHES), 1991 and 1995. (This table was prepared July 1996.)
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