Standard errors for the percentage distribution of the early education and child care arrangements of the 2001 birth cohort at about 4 years old, by type of arrangement and selected child and family characteristics: School year 2005

Participation in Education: Standard Error Tables

Preprimary Education

Table S2-1. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of the early education and child care arrangements of the 2001 birth cohort at about 4 years old, by type of arrangement and selected child and family characteristics: School year 2005–06

		Percentage distribution by primary type of care arrangement
			Home-based care		Center-based care
Child or family characteristic	Percentage distribution of population	No regular nonparental arrangement	Relative care	Nonrelative care	Total	Head Start	Other than Head Start	Multiple arrangements

Total	†	0.65	0.61	0.32	0.80	0.64	0.71	0.21
Sex of child
Male	0.11	0.80	0.79	0.51	0.99	0.80	1.02	0.33
Female	0.11	0.90	0.86	0.52	1.00	0.74	0.91	0.20
Race/ethnicity of child
White	0.59	0.98	0.74	0.49	1.04	0.61	1.00	0.28
Black	0.26	1.37	1.49	0.73	2.08	1.97	1.87	0.66
Hispanic	0.42	1.37	1.14	0.78	1.58	1.22	1.65	0.29
Asian	0.09	1.75	1.41	0.67	2.06	0.90	2.16	1.05
Pacific Islander	0.05	6.82	14.27	†	7.94	3.24	6.47	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.05	2.41	2.07	1.46	3.58	4.72	5.63	0.95
More than one race	0.28	2.13	2.44	2.06	3.41	2.33	3.27	0.85
Age of child
Less than 48 months	0.57	1.63	1.48	0.95	1.76	1.24	1.90	0.55
48.0 to 52.9 months	0.55	1.01	0.87	0.60	1.29	0.79	1.31	0.37
53.0 to 57.9 months	0.57	0.93	0.83	0.52	1.32	1.01	1.22	0.25
58.0 or more months	0.41	2.00	1.66	1.09	2.84	1.66	2.52	0.74
Mother’s employment status
Full-time (35 hours or more)	0.72	0.73	1.01	0.71	1.21	0.94	1.05	0.31
Part-time (less than 35 hours)	0.54	1.06	1.30	1.04	1.84	1.10	1.91	0.56
Looking for work	0.30	2.55	2.15	0.94	2.86	2.88	3.01	0.83
Not in labor force	0.76	1.31	0.52	0.26	1.31	0.97	1.27	0.30
No mother in household	0.12	4.50	7.05	4.19	7.47	5.29	6.56	2.78
Parents’ highest level of education
Less than high school	0.37	2.10	1.80	1.07	2.63	2.12	2.06	0.80
High school completion	0.58	1.23	1.14	0.64	1.69	1.37	1.35	0.31
Some college/vocational	0.63	1.18	0.99	0.57	1.47	1.05	1.28	0.33
Bachelor’s degree	0.45	1.57	1.02	0.93	1.88	0.75	1.98	0.48
Any graduate/professional school	0.36	0.83	0.90	1.16	1.57	0.52	1.67	0.51
Poverty status
Below poverty threshold	0.63	1.28	1.19	0.54	1.61	1.45	1.18	0.40
At or above poverty threshold	0.63	0.71	0.64	0.39	0.85	0.57	0.86	0.22
Socioeconomic status
Lowest 20 percent	0.52	1.27	1.34	0.68	1.80	1.56	1.46	0.57
Middle 60 percent	0.67	0.88	0.81	0.49	1.10	0.81	0.91	0.23
Highest 20 percent	0.47	0.93	0.73	0.90	1.39	0.23	1.42	0.42

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, Longitudinal 9-Month–Preschool Restricted-Use Data File.

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