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Table 42. Child care arrangements of preschool children, by age and race/ethnicity: 1991, 1995, 1999, and 2001
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| | | | | White, non- | Black, non- | |
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1991 Children\1\ | | | | | | | |
In thousands ..........
| 8,402 (40.9) | 3,733 (7.1) | 3,627 (14.6) | 1,042 (38.6) | 5,850 (59.9) | 1,236 (41.0) | 999 (31.3) | 317
Percent ..................
| 100.0 (†) | 44.4 (0.21) | 43.2 (0.24) | 12.4 (0.40) | 69.6 (0.67) | 14.7 (0.47) | 11.9 (0.37) | 3.8
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | |
arrangements | | | | | | | |
Relative care .................
| 16.9 (0.60) | 16.2 (0.72) | 18.0 (0.85) | 15.6 (1.34) | 14.8 (0.66) | 24.1 (2.09) | 19.6 (2.08) | 19.4
Nonrelative care ..........
| 14.8 (0.56) | 14.8 (0.76) | 14.7 (0.79) | 14.9 (1.81) | 17.3 (0.76) | 7.9 (1.20) | 9.4 (1.27) | 12.1
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programs\2\ .............
| 52.8 (0.89) | 42.3 (1.44) | 60.4 (1.04) | 63.9 (2.12) | 54.0 (0.95) | 58.3 (2.49) | 38.8 (2.20) | 52.9
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Percent with parental | | | | | | | |
care only ...............
| 31.0 (0.80) | 37.8 (1.19) | 26.0 (1.05) | 24.3 (2.10) | 30.6 (0.87) | 24.8 (2.02) | 40.7 (2.35) | 32.8
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1995 Children\1\ | | | | | | | |
In thousands ..........
| 9,222 (52.9) | 4,123 (8.3) | 4,061 (12.5) | 1,038 (48.3) | 6,334 (94.0) | 1,389 (56.1) | 1,042 (38.8) | 457
Percent ..................
| 100.0 (†) | 44.7 (0.25) | 44.0 (0.24) | 11.3 (0.46) | 68.7 (0.94) | 15.1 (0.60) | 11.3 (0.42) | 5.0
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | |
arrangements | | | | | | | |
Relative care .................
| 19.4 (0.64) | 21.4 (1.23) | 18.4 (0.95) | 15.2 (2.14) | 16.5 (0.84) | 28.7 (2.78) | 22.8 (2.01) | 22.6
Nonrelative care ..........
| 16.9 (0.84) | 18.5 (1.35) | 15.3 (1.03) | 17.2 (2.19) | 19.4 (1.04) | 11.3 (1.65) | 12.5 (1.64) | 10.5
Center based | | | | | | | |
programs\2\ .............
| 55.1 (0.97) | 40.7 (1.55) | 64.8 (1.45) | 74.5 (2.35) | 56.9 (1.44) | 59.8 (3.19) | 37.4 (2.15) | 56.7
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Percent with parental | | | | | | | |
care only ...............
| 25.9 (1.01) | 32.0 (1.95) | 22.1 (1.24) | 16.2 (1.78) | 25.2 (1.39) | 19.9 (2.50) | 38.4 (2.33) | 24.2
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1999 Children\1\ | | | | | | | |
In thousands ..........
| 8,518 (139.7) | 3,809 (79.1) | 3,703 (79.9) | 1,006 (54.2) | 5,384 (77.4) | 1,214 (59.2) | 1,376 (52.3) | 545
Percent ..................
| 100.0 (†) | 44.7 (0.93) | 43.5 (0.93) | 11.8 (0.64) | 63.2 (0.91) | 14.2 (0.69) | 16.2 (0.61) | 6.4
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | |
arrangements | | | | | | | |
Relative care .................
| 22.8 (0.77) | 24.3 (1.28) | 22.0 (1.14) | 20.2 (2.06) | 18.7 (0.90) | 33.4 (2.58) | 26.5 (1.86) | 30.0
Nonrelative care ..........
| 16.1 (0.67) | 16.3 (1.02) | 15.9 (1.07) | 16.1 (2.08) | 19.4 (0.88) | 7.4 (1.37) | 12.7 (1.29) | 10.4
Center based | | | | | | | |
programs\2\ .............
| 59.7 (0.63) | 45.7 (1.28) | 69.6 (1.19) | 76.5 (2.40) | 60.0 (0.81) | 73.2 (2.40) | 44.2 (2.19) | 66.0
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Percent with parental | | | | | | | |
care only ...............
| 23.1 (0.72) | 30.8 (1.42) | 17.7 (0.99) | 13.5 (1.78) | 23.2 (0.91) | 13.7 (1.97) | 33.4 (2.04) | 16.6
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2001 Children\1\ | | | | | | | |
In thousands ..........
| 8,551 (11.0) | 3,795 91.4 | 3,861 (89.0) | 896 (47.0) | 5,313 (68.0) | 1,251 (55.1) | 1,506 (43.5) | 482
Percent ..................
| 100.0 (†) | 44.4 (1.06) | 45.1 (1.04) | 10.5 (0.55) | 62.1 (0.79) | 14.6 (0.64) | 17.6 (0.51) | 5.6
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Percent in nonparental | | | | | | | |
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Relative care .................
| 22.8 (0.89) | 23.6 (1.39) | 22.5 (1.33) | 20.9 (2.66) | 19.6 (1.01) | 36.7 (3.42) | 22.8 (1.89) | 22.8
Nonrelative care ..........
| 14.0 (0.65) | 14.7 (1.17) | 13.6 (0.95) | 13.1 (2.13) | 16.5 (0.98) | 8.5 (1.65) | 11.3 (1.43) | 10.8
Center based | | | | | | | |
programs\2\ .............
| 56.4 (0.55) | 42.8 (1.21) | 65.9 (1.25) | 73.0 (2.69) | 59.1 (0.89) | 63.1 (2.93) | 39.9 (1.86) | 61.8
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Percent with parental | | | | | | | |
care only ...............
| 26.1 (0.67) | 33.8 (1.29) | 20.4 (1.11) | 18.0 (2.49) | 25.3 (0.99) | 15.1 (2.22) | 39.0 (2.03) | 23.7
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†Not applicable.
\1\Estimates are based only on children 3 to 5 years old who have not entered kindergarten.
\2\Center based programs include day care centers, nursery schools, prekindergartens, preschools, and Head Start programs.
NOTE: Row percents for nonparental and parental care do not add to 100 percent because some children participated in more than one
type of nonparental care arrangement. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Preprimary Survey (ECE-NHES:1991),
Parent Survey (Parent-NHES:1999), and Early Childhood Program, Participation Survey (ECPP-NHES:1995 and 2001) of The National Household
Education Surveys Program, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared July 2005.)

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NHES:1991),
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