Table 14 B. Community Services by Economic Characteristics:                                  28
Households with Children Under 18 with Children in Public School, Children in Magnet School,
Children in Private School, and Children Home Schooled: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Children in |Children in |Children in |  Children  |
|                          |          |   public   |   magnet   |  private   |    home    |
|                          |          |   school   |   school   |   school   |  schooled  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|Households with children  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |    38,312|        68.5|         5.7|         9.9|         1.8|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |     5,121|        69.8|         5.6|         4.7|         1.6|
|  2nd quintile            |     6,398|        72.3|         5.8|         5.2|         2.0|
|  3rd quintile            |     7,915|        67.1|         6.0|         7.7|         2.3|
|  4th quintile            |     9,111|        67.5|         6.0|        12.4|         1.6|
|  Highest quintile        |     9,767|        67.3|         5.3|        15.2|         1.5|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |     5,397|        72.9|         5.7|         5.3|         1.7|
|  Income above poverty    |    32,914|        67.8|         5.7|        10.7|         1.8|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|     5,604|        78.1|         4.2|         3.2|         1.6|
|  High school graduate    |    11,850|        72.3|         5.4|         7.0|         1.4|
|  Some college            |    11,845|        67.3|         6.8|        10.7|         2.1|
|  Bachelors or higher     |     9,012|        59.1|         5.7|        16.9|         2.1|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |     4,700|        65.0|         6.5|        15.2|         1.6|
|  Professional            |     4,695|        61.3|         6.2|        15.1|         2.0|
|  Technical               |     1,091|        61.7|         5.5|        14.0|         2.5|
|  Sales                   |     3,363|        63.7|         6.3|        12.0|         1.6|
|  Administrative support  |     4,254|        66.8|         8.8|         9.8|         1.1|
|  Service                 |     4,000|        71.0|         5.7|         7.1|         1.1|
|  Farm                    |       833|        75.7|         3.0|         8.1|         1.9|
|  Craft                   |     4,328|        72.4|         4.3|         7.6|         2.1|
|  Labor                   |     5,089|        73.2|         4.3|         5.6|         1.2|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |     7,052|        66.3|         4.3|        11.1|         0.7|
|  Midwest                 |     9,068|        68.4|         4.9|        10.5|         2.4|
|  South                   |    13,446|        70.3|         5.9|         8.7|         2.1|
|  West                    |     8,745|        67.6|         7.5|        10.1|         1.6|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |     5,467|        59.6|         8.5|         7.6|         1.5|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    27,369|        68.2|         5.6|        11.1|         1.9|
|  Non-metropolitan        |     5,476|        78.9|         3.4|         6.0|         1.7|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8