Table 2.  Married Fathers As Child Care Providers of Children 0-4 Years, by Labor Force Characteristics: 1994                        4 
                                                                      (Employed fathers)                                        12:33 Wednesday, April 22, 1998
                 
                         Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
                         Internet Release date: May 21, 1998

                                                                    (Numbers in thousands)

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              |                                     |      |     All     |     All     |   Primary   |   Primary   |  Secondary  |  Secondary  |
              |                                     |      |-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------|
              |                                     |      |  No  |Provi-|  No  |Provi-|  No  | Prim |  No  | Prim |  No  | Sec  |  No  | Sec  |
              |                                     | ALL  | prov | der  | prov | der  | prov | Prov | prov | Prov | prov | Prov | prov | Prov |
              |                                     |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |                                     | Num  | Num  | Num  |  %   |  %   | Num  | Num  |  %   |  %   | Num  | Num  |  %   |  %   |
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |ALL                                  |  5873|  4420|  1453|  75.3|  24.7|  4701|  1172|  80.0|  20.0|  5585|   289|  95.1|   4.9|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |FATHER'S STATUS                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
              |-------------------------------------|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
              |Full time                            |  5414|  4159|  1255|  76.8|  23.2|  4416|   998|  81.6|  18.4|  5152|   262|  95.2|   4.8|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |Part time                            |   459|   261|   198|  56.9|  43.1|   285|   174|  62.0|  38.0|   433|    26|  94.3|   5.7|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |FATHER'S SHIFT                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
              |-------------------------------------|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
              |Day                                  |  4174|  3372|   802|  80.8|  19.2|  3519|   654|  84.3|  15.7|  4026|   147|  96.5|   3.5|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |Non Day                              |  1700|  1048|   651|  61.7|  38.3|  1182|   518|  69.5|  30.5|  1558|   141|  91.7|   8.3|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |FATHER'S AVAILABILITY FOR CARE       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
              |-------------------------------------|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
              |Less than 5 hours                    |  2860|  2398|   461|  83.9|  16.1|  2504|   356|  87.5|  12.5|  2755|   105|  96.3|   3.7|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |5 to 9 hours                         |  1015|   840|   174|  82.8|  17.2|   881|   134|  86.8|  13.2|   974|    41|  96.0|   4.0|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |10 to 14 hours                       |   493|   356|   136|  72.3|  27.7|   376|   117|  76.2|  23.8|   471|    22|  95.6|   4.4|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |15 to 19 hours                       |   333|   227|   106|  68.2|  31.8|   258|    74|  77.7|  22.3|   301|    32|  90.5|   9.5|
              |-------------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
              |20 hours or more                     |  1173|   598|   575|  51.0|  49.0|   682|   491|  58.1|  41.9|  1084|    89|  92.4|   7.6|
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