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.
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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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