PPL Table 5A. Characteristics of Children in Head Start: Fall 1995
Among Children 3 and 4 Years Old Living in Poverty
(Numbers in thousands)

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|                       |       |       |       |  Not  |  Not  |
|                       |       |Enroll-|Enroll-|enroll-|enroll-|
|                       | TOTAL |  ed   |  ed   |  ed   |  ed   |
|                       |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|                       |  SUM  |  SUM  |PCTSUM |  SUM  |PCTSUM |
|-----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|ALL                    |   1933|    275|  100.0|   1658|  100.0|
|MARITAL STATUS         |       |       |       |       |       |
|Married                |    715|     59|   21.4|    656|   39.6|
|Widow, div, sep        |    528|     40|   14.6|    488|   29.4|
|Never married          |    690|    176|   64.1|    514|   31.0|
|RACE AND HISP ORIGIN   |       |       |       |       |       |
|White, non-Hispanic    |    829|     94|   34.1|    735|   44.3|
|Black, non-Hispanic    |    544|    111|   40.2|    433|   26.1|
|Hispanic               |    473|     65|   23.5|    409|   24.6|
|Other, non-Hispanic    |     87|      6|    2.2|     81|    4.9|
|EDUCATION LEVEL        |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school  |    762|    123|   44.5|    640|   38.6|
|High school diploma    |    707|     91|   33.2|    615|   37.1|
|College 1-3 years      |    415|     61|   22.3|    354|   21.3|
|College 4+ years       |     49|      0|    0.0|     49|    3.0|
|WORK STATUS            |       |       |       |       |       |
|Not employed           |   1498|    224|   81.3|   1274|   76.9|
|Full-time              |    207|     28|   10.2|    179|   10.8|
|Part-time              |    228|     23|    8.5|    204|   12.3|
|FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL   |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 100% poverty |   1933|    275|  100.0|   1658|  100.0|
|RECEIVED GOVT          |       |       |       |       |       |
|ASSISTANCE/1           |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                     |    584|     41|   14.8|    543|   32.7|
|Yes                    |   1349|    234|   85.2|   1115|   67.3|
|RECEIVED AFDC          |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                     |   1026|    101|   36.5|    925|   55.8|
|Yes                    |    907|    175|   63.5|    733|   44.2|
|RECEIVED FOOD STAMPS   |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                     |    711|     55|   19.9|    656|   39.6|
|Yes                    |   1222|    220|   80.1|   1002|   60.4|
|RECEIVED WIC           |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                     |   1156|    149|   54.2|   1007|   60.7|
|Yes                    |    777|    126|   45.8|    651|   39.3|
|REGION                 |       |       |       |       |       |
|Northeast              |    397|     31|   11.2|    366|   22.1|
|Midwest                |    465|     36|   12.9|    429|   25.9|
|South                  |    638|    114|   41.4|    524|   31.6|
|West                   |    433|     95|   34.5|    338|   20.4|
|METROPOLITAN RESIDENCE |       |       |       |       |       |
|Central city           |    987|    130|   47.2|    857|   51.7|
|Outside central city   |    571|     91|   32.9|    480|   29.0|
|Non-metropolitan       |    375|     55|   19.8|    320|   19.3|
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NOTE: Because of multiple arrangements, numbers and percentages may 
	exceed the total number of children.
1/Includes receipt of general assistance, AFDC, food stamps, or WIC.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation 
	  (SIPP), 1993 Wave 9.
                                 Internet release date: October 31, 2000.