Table 4. Percentage of children from birth through age 5 and not yet in kindergarten who receive weekly care from a relative, by type of relative and child and family characteristics: 2005
Characteristic	Number of children (thousands)	Relative who provides care
		Grandparent	Aunt or uncle	All other relatives
Total	4,313	76	19	13
Child’s age
Less than 1 year	700	81	14	13
1-2 years	1,671	78	18	12
3-5 years	1,942	72	20	14
Child’s sex
Male	2,136	78	16	12
Female	2,177	74	21	14
Child’s race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	2,239	83	12	12
Black, non-Hispanic	774	66	31	15
Hispanic	859	65	25	17
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	105	67	26	16
Other race, non-Hispanic1	335	84	15	8
Family type
Two parents	2,851	79	16	11
One parent	1,371	70	24	15
Nonparent guardian(s)	91	71	15	40
Parents’ language spoken most at home2
Both/only parent(s) speak(s) English	3,918	78	17	13
One of two parents speaks English	62	78	18	13!
No parent speaks English	332	58	31	14
Mother’s level of education3
Less than a high school	314	63	28	14
High school/GED	1,297	70	24	19
Vocational/technical or some college	1,349	75	18	11
Bachelor’s degree	726	83	13	8
Graduate or professional education   or degree	497	92	8	9
Mother’s school enrollment status3
Enrolled	718	74	16	19
Not enrolled	3,466	76	19	12
Mother’s employment status3
35 or more hours per week	2,185	76	17	16
Less than 35 hours per week	1,255	82	16	9
Looking for work	271	56	47	14
Not in the labor force	472	73	16	13
Mother’s work shift3, 4
Regular shift	2,941	78	16	12
Variable shift	500	81	20	17
Neighborhood conditions5
Concern regarding neighborhood   health and safety conditions	800	74	25	11
No concern regarding neighborhood   health and safety conditions	3,512	77	17	14
Household income
$25,000 or less	1,295	68	29	13
$25,001 to $50,000	1,171	74	16	17
$50,001 to $75,000	824	80	15	12
$75,001 to $100,000	462	86	13	9
$100,001 or more	561	86	10	10
Poverty status6
At or above poverty threshold	3,294	80	15	13
Below poverty threshold	1,018	65	29	14
!Interpret data with caution; coefficient of variation is 50 percent or more. 1"Other race, non-Hispanic" includes children who were multiracial and not of Hispanic ethnicity, or who were American Indian or Alaska Native, or were not Hispanic, White, Black, Asian, or Pacific Islander. 2Complete descriptions of the categories for parents’ language are as follows: (1) "Both/only parent(s) learned English as child(ren) or currently speak(s) English in the home," (2) "One of two parents learned English as a child or currently speaks English in the home," and (3) "No parent learned English as a child and both/only parent(s) currently speak(s) a non-English language in the home." 3Children without mothers living in the household are not included in estimates related to mother’s education, enrollment, employment status, or work shift. 4Work shifts were collapsed into two categories: regular and variable work shifts. A regular work shift is one with set hours. A variable shift is one that changes from days to evenings or nights regardless of whether the hours are set by the employer or the employee. 5Parents or guardians respond "yes" or "no" to the question: "Are there any conditions in your neighborhood that make you worried about the health or safety of ((CHILD)/any of the children) in your household?" 6Children are considered poor if they were living in households with incomes below the poverty threshold, which is a dollar amount determined by the federal government to meet the household’s needs, given its size and composition. NOTE: Estimates include children from birth through 5 years of age, and not yet in kindergarten, with at least one weekly relative care arrangement. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:2005).