[Chapter 2.Elementary and Secondary Education--The Digest of Education Statistics, 2000] Download this table as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (38 kb Excel file). Download this table as a Lotus 123 spreadsheet (21 kb Lotus file). Download this table in PDF format (18 kb PDF file). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 48.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 .........| 8,549 | 3,827 | 3,722 | 1,001 | 5,296 | 1,258 | 1,421 | 574 | 1,126 | 1,395 | 1,327 | 1,050 | 792 | 1,351 | 1,509 Percent ..............| 100.0 | 44.8 | 43.5 | 11.7 | 61.9 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 17.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | arrangements\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Relative care ........| 23.3 | 25.1 | 22.3 | 20.3 | 18.8 | 36.0 | 25.9 | 31.0 | 28.9 | 29.5 | 27.7 | 23.3 | 20.9 | 17.3 | 16.2 Nonrelative care .....| 15.9 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 19.3 | 8.0 | 12.7 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 20.5 | 21.9 Center based .........| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | programs\3\ .........| 59.3 | 45.6 | 68.9 | 76.1 | 59.4 | 72.5 | 44.4 | 66.0 | 56.6 | 51.1 | 50.8 | 54.5 | 59.7 | 65.5 | 74.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent with parental | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | care only ............| 23.3 | 30.7 | 18.3 | 13.5 | 23.6 | 13.1 | 33.6 | 17.5 | 26.6 | 28.1 | 29.6 | 25.3 | 23.1 | 19.0 | 13.4 ________________________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ \1\Estimates are based only on children 3 to 5 years old who have not entered kindergarten. \2\Rows do not add up to 100.0 because some children participated in more than one type of nonparental arrangement. \3\ Center based programs include day care centers, nursery schools, prekindergarten, preschools and Head Start programs. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey (NHES), 1991, 1995, and 1999. (This table was prepared October 2000.) [Chapter 2. Elementary and Secondary Education][Link to Chapter 1] [Chapter 2][Link to Chapter 3][Link to Chapter 4][Link to Chapter 5] [Link to Chapter 6][Link to Chapter 7] [Link to Table of Contents][Link to List of Figures] [Link to List of Tables][Link to Tabular Presentation Guide] [Link to Sources Guide][Link to Definitions] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [NCES Footer] National Center for Education Statistics Office of Educational Research & Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education (map) 1990 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Phone: (202) 502-7300