Table A.  Primary Child Care Arrangements Used for Preschoolers by Families with Employed Mothers:
          Selected Years, 1977 to 1994

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date: January 14, 1998

(Numbers in thousands)
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Type of arrangement                 Fall    Fall    Fall    Fall    Fall    Fall    Fall  Winter     Fall
                                    1994    1993    1991    1990    1988    1987    1986    1985   1/1977
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Number of children                10,288   9,937   9,854   9,629   9,483   9,124   8,849   8,168    4,370
   Percent                         100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0    100.0

Care in child's home                33.0    30.7    35.7    29.7    28.2    29.9    28.7    31.0     33.9
   By father                        18.5    15.9    20.0    16.5    15.1    15.3    14.5    15.7     14.4
   By grandparent                    5.9     6.5     7.2     5.2     5.7     5.1     5.2     5.7     (NA)
   By other relative                 3.5     3.3     3.2     2.9     2.2     3.3     3.4     3.7   2/12.6
   By nonrelative                    5.1     5.0     5.4     5.0     5.3     6.2     5.5     5.9      7.0
Care in another home                31.3    32.1    31.0    35.1    36.8    35.6    40.7    37.0     40.7
   By grandparent                   10.4    10.0     8.6     9.1     8.2     8.7    10.2    10.2     (NA)
   By other relative                 5.5     5.5     4.5     5.9     5.0     4.6     6.5     4.5     18.3
   By nonrelative                   15.4    16.6    17.9    20.1    23.6    22.3    24.0    22.3     22.4
Organized child care facilities     29.4    30.1    23.0    27.5    25.8    24.4    22.4    23.1     13.0
   Day/group care center            21.6    18.3    15.8    20.6    16.6    16.1    14.9    14.0     (NA)
   Nursery school/preschool          7.8    11.6     7.3     6.9     9.2     8.3     7.5     9.1     (NA)
School-based activity                0.2     0.2     0.5     0.1     0.2    (NA)    (NA)    (NA)     (NA)
Child cares for self                   -       -       -     0.1     0.1     0.3       -       -      0.4
Mother cares for child at work/3     5.5     6.2     8.7     6.4     7.6     8.9     7.4     8.1     11.4
Other arrangements/4                 0.9     0.9     1.1     1.1     1.3     1.0     0.8     0.8      0.6
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-  Represents zero
NA  Not available
1  Data only for the two youngest children under 5 years of age.
2  Data for 1977 includes grandparents.
3  Includes mothers working for pay at home or away from home.
4  Includes children in kindergarten/grade school.

Source:  Tabulations derived from the June 1977 Current Population Survey; Current Population Reports, 
  Series P70-9, table 1; Series P70-20, table 1, Part A and Part B; Series P70-30, table 1; Series P70-53, 
  table 1; and table 1 of this report.