Table 6. Percentage of 3- to 5-year-olds, enrolled in center-based preprimary programs, by poverty status and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1995-2005

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Table 6.

Percentage of 3- to 5-year-olds, enrolled in center-based preprimary programs, by poverty status and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1995-2005

Poverty status and race/ethnicity	1995	1999	2001	2005
Total	55.1	59.7	56.4	57.2

Poor ¹	45.6	51.9	46.4	47.2
White	43.6	42.9	46.2	44.6
Black	55.3	72.7	57.7	64.8
Hispanic	32.0	41.7	35.4	36.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	‡	‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	‡

Nonpoor ¹	58.5	62.2	59.6	59.9
White	59.6	62.7	61.1	61.0
Black	65.4	73.7	68.0	67.8
Hispanic	42.3	46.5	43.0	47.8
Asian/Pacific Islander	58.1	64.2	75.9	73.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	53.1
‡ Reporting standards not met. Sample size too small. ¹ Total includes race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Estimates are based on children who have yet to enter kindergarten. Center-based programs include day care centers, Head Start program, preschool, prekindergarten, and other early childhood programs. "Poor" is defined to include those families below the poverty threshold; "nonpoor" is defined as 100 percent or more than the poverty threshold. As the 2005 poverty thresholds were not yet available at the time this table was prepared, an approximation was used for analyses using NHES:2005 data. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of the 1995, 2001, and 2005 National Household Education Surveys Program, (ECPP-NHES:1995, 2001, and 2005), and the Parent Survey of 1999 NHES (Parent-NHES:1999).