Standard errors for the percentage of children in kindergarten through 8th grade who participated in various care arrangements after school, by child, family, and community characteristics: 2001

Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: Standard Error Tables

Care Arrangements for Children After School

Table S33-1. Standard errors for the percentage of children in kindergarten through 8th grade who participated in various care arrangements after school, by child, family, and community characteristics: 2001

			Types of nonparental care arrangement
Child, family, or community characteristic	Parental care only	Any non- parental care	Relative care	Non- relative care	Center or school- based programs	Activities for supervision	Self-care

Total	0.56	0.56	0.52	0.31	0.49	0.41	0.36
Child’s grade
K–2	1.33	1.33	1.05	0.62	0.96	0.53	0.34
3–5	1.04	1.04	0.89	0.58	0.91	0.80	0.64
6–8	0.84	0.84	0.61	0.23	0.62	0.50	0.73

Child’s race/ethnicity
Black	1.59	1.59	1.62	0.83	1.82	1.47	1.31
White	0.82	0.82	0.58	0.43	0.61	0.41	0.40
Other	2.67	2.67	1.81	0.86	2.12	1.91	1.71
Hispanic	1.54	1.54	1.17	0.79	1.21	0.69	0.82

Parents’ language spoken most at home
Both/only parent(s) speak English	0.57	0.57	0.55	0.34	0.51	0.43	0.38
One of two parents speaks non-English language	4.84	4.84	2.93	2.86	3.96	2.81	3.15
Both/only parent(s) speaks non-English language	1.96	1.96	1.25	0.83	1.89	1.05	1.11

Mother’s employment status
Full-time	0.88	0.88	0.79	0.51	0.70	0.51	0.68
Part-time	1.36	1.36	1.02	0.68	0.98	0.68	0.94
Not in labor force	1.19	1.19	0.54	0.29	0.97	1.00	0.59

Family type
Two-parent household	0.72	0.72	0.51	0.38	0.55	0.38	0.40
One-parent household	1.22	1.22	1.12	0.68	1.23	0.94	0.84
Nonparent guardians	3.02	3.02	2.48	1.25	3.14	2.39	2.27

Household income
$25,000 or less	1.33	1.33	1.20	0.61	1.24	0.97	0.82
$25,001–50,000	1.11	1.11	0.99	0.56	0.96	0.51	0.64
$50,001–75,000	1.37	1.37	0.98	0.63	0.90	0.63	0.74
More than $75,000	1.32	1.32	0.83	0.73	1.12	0.82	0.74

Community type
Urban, inside of urbanized area	0.77	0.77	0.61	0.37	0.68	0.52	0.46
Urban, outside of urbanized areas	1.93	1.93	1.52	0.91	1.40	0.92	1.14
Rural	1.45	1.45	1.04	0.80	1.03	0.80	0.72

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 2. 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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