| Table 45. | Child care arrangements of preschool children, by age, race/ethnicity, and household income: 1991, 1995, and 1999 |
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| | Age | Race/ethnicity | Household income
| |_______________________|_________________________________|________________________________________________________
Characteristic | 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
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
arrangements | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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\2\ .........| 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
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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
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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
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
arrangements | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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\2\ .........| 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
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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
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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
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
arrangements | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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\2\ .........| 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
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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
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Standard errors for 1999| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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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
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
arrangements | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 2.0| 1.9| 1.9
Center based | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
programs\2\ .........| 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
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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
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| \1\Estimates are based only on children 3 to 5 years old who have not entered kindergarten. NOTE: Row percents for nonparental and parental care do not add to 100.0 because some children participated in more than one type of nonparental arrangement. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Parent Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program, (ECE:1991), (ECPP:1995), and (Parent:1999), unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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