Table C. Primary Child Care Arrangements Used for Preschoolers by Families With Employed Mothers by Selected Characteristics: Fall 1994 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: January 14, 1998 (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Type of primary care arrangement __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Characteristics Care in child's home by Care in another home by Organized facility ________________________________ _________________________ __________________ Number Mother of Grand- Other Non- Grand- Other Non- Daycare Nursery/ cares for children Father parent relative relative parent relative relative center preschool child/1 Other/2 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All Preschoolers 10,288 1,898 604 355 524 1,068 565 1,586 2,218 801 563 107 Race and Hispanic Origin: White, not Hispanic 7,523 1,478 372 178 414 694 337 1,190 1,752 559 491 58 Black, not Hispanic 1,162 128 88 61 18 169 100 154 266 126 33 18 Hispanic origin 1,205 204 96 88 69 174 111 181 154 78 26 24 Other 398 89 47 28 23 31 17 61 45 38 12 8 Age of Child: Less than 1 year 1,738 359 124 73 122 192 105 329 299 20 113 3 1 year 2,085 434 136 63 104 270 128 351 468 39 94 - 2 years 2,201 389 129 85 112 274 112 387 504 114 95 - 3 years 2,088 348 118 68 111 205 129 287 456 216 141 8 4 years 2,175 369 96 66 74 126 91 233 492 412 119 96 Marital Status: Married, husband present 7,929 1,771 269 202 444 802 318 1,241 1,643 655 503 80 Widowed, separated, divorced 1,063 37 110 71 47 100 131 157 287 76 26 22 Never married 1,295 91 224 82 33 165 116 188 287 69 34 5 Age of Mother: 15 to 24 years 1,843 353 255 54 45 270 131 241 335 77 75 6 25 to 34 years 5,987 1,176 231 191 299 649 282 978 1,372 424 327 57 35 years and over 2,457 369 117 111 179 148 151 367 511 300 160 44 Educational Attainment: Less than high school 1,127 266 100 69 43 117 103 138 164 57 60 11 High school, 4 years 3,705 644 238 187 120 477 244 593 707 265 189 40 College, 1 to 3 years 2,704 562 139 58 115 261 124 384 660 199 174 26 College, 4 or more years 2,751 425 126 42 245 213 94 471 686 279 140 30 Enrollment in School: Enrolled in school 672 105 82 18 29 61 25 105 158 67 19 3 Not enrolled in school 9,616 1,793 521 337 495 1,007 541 1,481 2,059 733 543 105 Monthly Family Income/3: Less than $1,200 1,052 174 67 48 43 123 108 158 195 62 58 16 $1,200 to $2,999 3,294 729 180 155 105 386 224 427 657 213 197 23 $3,000 to $4,499 2,720 511 186 85 102 308 112 488 551 179 156 41 $4,500 and over 3,209 482 170 66 273 248 121 513 812 346 149 29 Poverty Level/3: Below poverty 1,104 194 83 80 41 103 116 119 191 55 108 16 Above poverty 9,171 1,701 521 275 483 962 450 1,467 2,025 745 451 93 Program Participation: All recipients/4 1,638 267 142 89 39 236 132 209 302 117 90 16 Non-recipient/5 8,649 1,631 461 266 485 831 434 1,377 1,915 684 473 92 AFDC recipient 434 65 44 31 14 48 31 50 106 13 25 7 Non-AFDC recipient 9,853 1,833 560 324 509 1,019 534 1,536 2,111 788 538 100 WIC recipient 1,101 210 94 52 25 187 90 145 163 70 56 9 Non-WIC recipient 9,186 1,688 509 304 499 881 475 1,441 2,054 731 507 99 Food Stamps recipient 889 130 68 50 28 111 65 105 194 62 60 16 Non-Food Stamps recipient 9,399 1,769 535 305 496 957 500 1,481 2,023 738 503 92 Region: Northeast 1,833 466 124 48 113 183 86 218 362 110 101 21 Midwest 2,923 568 143 122 126 274 164 514 656 137 183 36 South 3,316 418 207 87 137 406 196 465 840 379 149 32 West 2,216 446 130 98 147 204 119 389 360 175 130 18 Metropolitan Residence: Metropolitan 7,948 1,554 489 290 455 777 389 1,111 1,685 660 453 87 In central cities 2,935 564 176 126 165 321 149 405 567 277 136 48 Suburbs 5,013 991 313 163 290 456 239 706 1,118 382 316 39 Nonmetropolitan 2,339 344 114 65 69 291 176 475 533 141 110 22 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Rounds to or represents zero. 1 Includes mothers working for pay at home or away from home. 2 Includes preschoolers in kindergarten and school-based activities. 3 Omits preschoolers whose families did not report income. 4 Family receiving either AFDC, Food Stamps or WIC, or any other combination of the three programs. Also includes a small number of preschoolers (21,000) whose families are on General Assistance. 5 Family not receiving either General Assistance, AFDC, Food Stamps or WIC. Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation