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| Table 51 | Number of hours children age 5 and under spend in center-based programs, by childand maternal characteristics, and household income: 1995 |
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| Number |Children in center-| Percentage distribution of
Child and maternal | of | based programs\1\|children, by hours in center-
characteristics, |children,|___________________| based programs per week\1\
and household income |age 0 to | Number | |_____________________________
|5,\1\ in |in thous-| Percent |1 to |11 to|21 to|31 to|Over
|thousands| sands | | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 40
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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Total children ..................| 21,421 | 6,536 | 30.5 |31.6 |20.2 |12.5 |22.1 |13.6
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Age | | | | | | | |
Under 1 year ....................| 4,158 | 270 | 6.5 | 9.2 |17.9 |11.7 |47.9 |13.2
1 year old ......................| 4,027 | 434 | 10.8 |15.2 |14.2 |13.9 |34.1 |22.5
2 years old .....................| 4,007 | 749 | 18.7 |23.7 |13.2 |10.8 |29.2 |23.1
3 years old .....................| 4,126 | 1,679 | 40.7 |35.5 |16.5 |13.4 |20.3 |14.3
4 years old .....................| 4,065 | 2,631 | 64.7 |37.3 |25.3 |11.4 |16.4 | 9.6
5 years old .....................| 1,038 | 774 | 74.5 |32.9 |25.1 |15.2 |18.1 | 8.7
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Sex | | | | | | | |
Male ............................| 10,993 | 3,276 | 29.8 |31.4 |19.8 |13.9 |21.1 |13.9
Female ..........................| 10,429 | 3,260 | 31.3 |31.8 |20.6 |11.1 |23.2 |13.3
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Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | |
White ...........................| 13,996 | 4,600 | 32.9 |37.6 |20.2 |12.2 |17.6 |12.4
Black ...........................| 3,344 | 1,103 | 33.0 | 6.7 |15.2 |13.0 |45.8 |19.2
Hispanic ........................| 2,838 | 484 | 17.0 |20.9 |29.6 |14.3 |24.5 |10.7
Other ...........................| 1,243 | 349 | 28.1 |20.9 |21.5 |13.8 |23.8 |20.0
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Mother's highest education | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ...........| 4,205 | 824 | 19.6 |16.5 |20.1 |18.9 |29.2 |15.4
High school diploma\2\ ..........| 6,475 | 1,678 | 25.9 |32.8 |17.8 |13.1 |25.2 |11.2
Some postsecondary ..............| 4,537 | 1,510 | 33.3 |32.2 |23.7 | 8.9 |19.9 |15.3
Associate degree ................| 1,479 | 507 | 34.3 |34.6 |21.4 |15.4 |14.8 |13.8
Bachelor's degree ...............| 3,069 | 1,262 | 41.1 |36.3 |19.6 | 9.3 |20.1 |14.8
Some graduate or master's degree | 1,368 | 640 | 46.8 |30.7 |20.0 |15.9 |20.8 |12.6
Doctor's or professional degree .| 288 | 115 | 39.9 |23.9 |12.5 |19.7 |36.0 | 7.9
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Marital status of mother | | | | | | | |
No mother in household ..........| 298 | 117 | 39.2 |14.6 | 2.4 |11.3 |34.3 |37.5
Married .........................| 15,141 | 4,678 | 30.9 |36.7 |22.1 |11.1 |18.7 |11.5
Separated .......................| 725 | 207 | 28.6 |13.3 |23.1 |15.3 |18.9 |29.4
Divorced ........................| 1,258 | 537 | 42.7 |20.2 |15.7 |15.3 |26.2 |22.5
Widowed .........................| 172 | 63 | 36.4 |29.9 |16.8 |20.9 | 5.5 |26.9
Never married ...................| 3,826 | 934 | 24.4 |13.9 |13.5 |18.2 |40.7 |13.7
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Mother's employment status\3\ | | | | | | | |
In labor force ..................| 12,770 | 4,576 | 35.8 |24.5 |17.5 |13.6 |27.0 |17.4
Working more than 35 hours/week| 7,101 | 2,760 | 38.9 |16.4 |12.4 |11.1 |33.8 |26.4
Working 35 hours/week or less .| 4,034 | 1,413 | 35.0 |40.9 |27.7 |15.3 |12.9 | 3.3
Looking for work ..............| 1,635 | 403 | 24.7 |22.5 |16.8 |27.5 |30.2 | 3.0
Not in labor force ..............| 8,354 | 1,842 | 22.1 |51.2 |28.4 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 2.3
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Household income | | | | | | | |
$5,000 or less ..................| 2,066 | 509 | 24.6 |17.1 |26.5 |15.3 |32.2 | 8.9
$5,001 to $10,000 ...............| 2,437 | 619 | 25.4 |18.0 |22.8 |18.3 |32.2 | 8.7
$10,001 to $15,000 ..............| 1,521 | 342 | 22.5 |17.5 |19.1 |17.6 |27.2 |18.6
$15,001 to $20,000 ..............| 1,388 | 351 | 25.3 |23.5 |22.2 |16.3 |22.1 |15.9
$20,001 to $25,000 ..............| 1,603 | 347 | 21.6 |23.9 |11.1 |14.6 |31.4 |19.0
$25,001 to $30,000 ..............| 1,783 | 506 | 28.4 |25.0 |19.8 |14.7 |22.3 |18.1
$30,001 to $35,000 ..............| 1,453 | 371 | 25.6 |37.6 |15.9 |11.1 |27.5 | 8.0
$35,001 to $40,000 ..............| 1,595 | 439 | 27.5 |33.1 |21.5 |10.3 |20.1 |15.0
$40,001 to $50,000 ..............| 2,304 | 743 | 32.2 |41.3 |19.2 | 7.1 |21.7 |10.7
$50,001 to $75,000 ..............| 3,063 | 1,229 | 40.1 |37.1 |17.0 |11.7 |18.0 |16.2
More than $75,000 ...............| 2,211 | 1,080 | 48.8 |36.7 |24.5 |11.2 |15.3 |12.2
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\1\Excludes children who have entered kindergarten.
\2\Includes equivalency certificates. \3\Excludes data for households with no mother present in household. NOTE. --Details may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey (NHES), 1995. (This table was prepared March 1999.)
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