Table 45. | Child care arrangements of preschool children, by age, race/ethnicity, and household income: 1991, 1995, and 1999 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Age | Race/ethnicity | Household income | |_______________________|_________________________________|________________________________________________________ Characteristics | Total |3 years|4 years|5 years| White, | Black, |Hispanic|Other |$10,000 |$10,001|$20,001|$30,001|$40,001|$50,001| More | | old | old | old | non- | non- | | | or | to | to | to | to | to | than | | | | |Hispanic|Hispanic| | | less |$20,000|$30,000|$40,000|$50,000|$75,000|$75,000 ________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 ________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1991 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Children\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In thousands .........| 8,428 | 3,749 | 3,636 | 1,044 | 5,867 | 1,239 | 1,002 | 319 | 1,495 | 1,437 | 1,711 | 1,319 | 936 | 974 | 556 Percent ..............| 100.0 | 44.5 | 43.1 | 12.4 | 69.6 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 3.8 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 20.3 | 15.7 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 6.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | arrangements\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Relative care ........| 16.9 | 16.1 | 18.1 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 24.1 | 19.5 | 19.3 | 16.8 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 9.6 Nonrelative care .....| 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 17.3 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 15.7 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 25.9 Center based | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | programs\3\ .........| 52.8 | 42.3 | 60.4 | 63.9 | 54.0 | 58.2 | 38.9 | 53.2 | 44.9 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 53.2 | 60.0 | 68.4 | 80.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent with parental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | care only ............| 31.0 | 37.8 | 25.9 | 24.3 | 30.6 | 25.0 | 40.6 | 32.6 | 42.4 | 35.9 | 38.5 | 29.7 | 23.1 | 15.2 | 8.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1995 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Children\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In thousands .........| 9,232 | 4,126 | 4,065 | 1,041 | 6,337 | 1,396 | 1,042 | 457 | 1,795 | 1,204 | 1,484 | 1,319 | 1,037 | 1,381 | 1,012 Percent ..............| 100.0 | 44.7 | 44.0 | 11.3 | 68.6 | 15.1 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 19.4 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 14.3 | 11.2 | 15.0 | 11.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | arrangements\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Relative care ........| 19.4 | 21.4 | 18.3 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 28.6 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 18.1 | 25.2 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 18.1 | 18.8 | 13.7 Nonrelative care .....| 16.9 | 18.5 | 15.3 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 25.2 Center based | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | programs\3\ .........| 55.1 | 40.7 | 64.7 | 74.5 | 56.9 | 59.5 | 37.4 | 56.7 | 48.8 | 44.6 | 45.5 | 46.1 | 55.5 | 71.1 | 82.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent with parental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | care only ............| 25.9 | 32.0 | 22.2 | 16.2 | 25.2 | 20.3 | 38.4 | 24.2 | 34.4 | 32.7 | 34.2 | 29.7 | 23.1 | 11.8 | 7.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1999 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Children\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In thousands .........| 8,525 | 3,814 | 3,705 | 1,006 | 5,389 | 1,214 | 1,376 | 547 | 1,064 | 1,342 | 1,333 | 1,098 | 848 | 1,397 | 1,443 Percent ..............| 100.0 | 44.7 | 43.5 | 11.8 | 63.2 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 16.4 | 16.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | arrangements\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Relative care ........| 22.8 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 20.2 | 18.8 | 33.4 | 26.5 | 30.2 | 27.5 | 29.4 | 27.1 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 17.3 | 15.9 Nonrelative care .....| 16.1 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 19.4 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 21.0 | 21.3 Center based | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | programs\3\ .........| 59.7 | 45.7 | 69.6 | 76.5 | 60.0 | 73.2 | 44.2 | 66.1 | 55.9 | 51.1 | 51.4 | 55.4 | 60.2 | 66.6 | 74.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent with parental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | care only ............| 23.1 | 30.8 | 17.7 | 13.5 | 23.2 | 13.7 | 33.4 | 16.6 | 27.5 | 27.7 | 29.8 | 24.8 | 23.1 | 17.8 | 13.1 |=========|=======|=======|=======|========|========|========|======|========|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|======= Standard errors for 1999| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent ..............| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | arrangements\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Relative care ........| 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 Nonrelative care .....| 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 Center based | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | programs\3\ .........| 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent with parental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | care only ............| 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 ________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ |
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey (NHES), 1991, 1995, and 1999. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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