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Care Arrangements for Children After School
Table S33-2.  Standard errors for the percentage of children in kindergarten through 8th grade who participated in selected before- and/or after-school care arrangements that required a fee, by type of care, average cost per hour paid by households, and selected household characteristics: 2001

Care arrangement characteristic Relative care Nonrelative care Center- or school-
based programs

    Total (in thousands) 200.00 113.00 173.00
Arrangement has a fee (percentage) 1.40 2.40 1.60
       
  Average cost per hour (in dollars) to households
All households 0.50 0.60 0.40
  Households without financial help from outside      
    Cost for one child only 0.50 0.40 0.40
    Cost includes more than one child 0.80 1.10 3.40
       
  Households with financial help from outside      
    Cost for one child only 0.90 1.30
    Cost includes more than one child 3.00 1.80

‡Reporting standards not met.

SOURCE: Kleiner, B., Nolin, M.J., and Chapman, C. (2004). Before- and After-School Care, Programs, and Activities of Children in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade: 2001 (NCES 2004–008), table 7. Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Before- and After-School Programs and Activities Survey of the 2001 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) (ASPA–NHES:2001).

 

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