| Care arrangement characteristic |
Relative care |
Nonrelative care |
Center- or school-
based programs |
|
| Total (in thousands) |
6,276 |
2,565 |
6,567 |
| Arrangement has a fee (percentage)1 |
19.0 |
72.0 |
58.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Average cost per hour (in dollars) to households2 |
| All households |
$5.60 |
$7.90 |
$5.60 |
| Households without financial help from outside |
|
|
|
| Cost for one child only |
4.70 |
4.20 |
5.40 |
| Cost includes more than one child |
6.50 |
12.20 |
10.00 |
| Households with financial help from outside |
|
|
|
| Cost for one child only |
3.20 |
‡ |
4.50 |
| Cost includes more than one child |
6.00! |
‡ |
5.10! |
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!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable; standard error/mean estimate is greater than or equal to 0.3).
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‡Reporting standards not met.
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1Children are excluded from the analysis if one type of arrangement required a fee and a second or third did not.
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2Children are excluded from the analysis if one type of arrangement involved financial help and a second or third did not, or if one type of arrangement involved more than one child and another did not.
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NOTE: Homeschooled children are excluded. Estimates for average cost per hour are based on both before- and/or after-school care arrangements; when asked about costs, respondents were not asked to distinguish between before- and/or after-school arrangements.
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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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