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Child
Care Arrangements of Preschool Children, by Age and Household
Characteristics: 1999, Percent of Children in Non-Parental Arrangements1 |
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Characteristics |
Relative care |
Non-relative care |
Center-based program2 |
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By Age |
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|
Total |
23.3 |
15.9 |
59.3 |
|
3 years old |
25.1 |
16.5 |
45.6 |
|
4 years old |
22.3 |
15.3 |
68.9 |
|
5 years old |
20.3 |
16.2 |
76.1 |
1
Columns do not add
up to total because some children participated in more than one type of
nonparental arrangement.
2
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, Digest of Education
Statistics 2000, Table 48.