Table 3-1. Number (in thousands) and percentage distribution of children ages 4–6 enrolled in kindergarten, by type of program: October selected years 1977–2001
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| Kindergarten type |
1977 |
1980 |
1983 |
1986 |
1989 |
1992 |
1995 |
1998 |
2001 |
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Number (in thousands) |
| Kindergarten enrollment |
3,160 |
3,143 |
3,301 |
3,914 |
3,809 |
4,036 |
3,815 |
3,776 |
3,713 |
| Full-day |
868 |
949 |
1,065 |
1,555 |
1,518 |
1,763 |
1,954 |
2,226 |
2,241 |
| Half-day |
2,292 |
2,194 |
2,236 |
2,359 |
2,292 |
2,273 |
1,860 |
1,550 |
1,472 |
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Percentage |
| Kindergarten enrollment |
32.3 |
34.2 |
33.3 |
36.0 |
34.5 |
35.4 |
30.8 |
30.8 |
31.2 |
| Full-day |
8.9 |
10.3 |
10.7 |
14.3 |
13.7 |
15.5 |
15.8 |
18.1 |
18.8 |
| Half-day |
23.4 |
23.9 |
22.5 |
21.7 |
20.8 |
19.9 |
15.0 |
12.6 |
12.4 |
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Percentage distribution |
| Kindergarten enrollment |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Full-day |
27.5 |
30.2 |
32.3 |
39.7 |
39.8 |
43.7 |
51.2 |
58.9 |
60.3 |
| Half-day |
72.5 |
69.8 |
67.7 |
60.3 |
60.2 |
56.3 |
48.8 |
41.1 |
39.7 |
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. The Current Population Survey (CPS) questions used to obtain educational attainment were changed in 1992. In 1994, the survey methodology for the CPS was changed and weights were adjusted. See supplemental note 2 for further discussion.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, selected years 1977–2001, previously unpublished tabulation (December 2003).
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