Early Childhood Program Participation, From The National Household Education Surveys Program Of 2012 - U.s. Department Of Education Page 57

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Table C-6.
Standard errors for table 6: Percentage of children from birth through age 5 and not yet in kindergarten whose
parents had tried to find care and who rated various factors used to select weekly care arrangement for children as
“very important,” by child and family characteristics: 2012—Continued
Factor rated as “very important” when selecting care arrangement
Time
Avail-
with
ability of
Number of
Number of
Learning
other
care
children in
children
Location
Cost Reliability
activities
children
provider
care group
Characteristic
(thousands)
School enrollment status of parents/guardians
Both/only enrolled…………………………………
62.0
4.6
4.1
3.8
2.5
4.0
4.0
4.4
Both/only not enrolled……………………………
144.6
1.2
1.1
0.7
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.3
One enrolled, one not enrolled……………………
68.7
2.7
2.9
1.6
2.3
2.7
2.5
3.2
Region
Northeast…………………...……………………
91.5
2.4
2.2
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
South……………………..………………………
116.6
1.7
1.7
1.3
1.1
1.4
1.6
1.6
Midwest………………….………………………
92.0
2.0
2.0
1.4
1.7
1.8
2.0
1.7
West………………………………………………
89.8
2.2
2.0
1.4
1.9
2.0
1.9
2.4
Household income
$20,000 or less………………….…………………
65.3
2.7
3.0
2.4
1.1
2.4
1.9
3.2
$20,001–$50,000………………….………………
84.5
2.1
2.1
1.8
1.3
1.8
1.8
2.2
$50,001–$75,000…………………...……………
84.8
2.3
2.7
1.3
1.8
1.6
2.3
2.5
$75,001–$100,000…………………...……………
57.8
2.9
2.8
1.4
2.0
2.6
2.2
2.3
$100,001 or more…………………….……………
87.4
1.7
1.4
1.1
1.6
1.7
1.5
1.5
Poverty status
At or above poverty threshold………...…………
151.0
1.2
1.2
0.7
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.2
Below poverty threshold………………….………
74.8
2.4
2.4
2.1
1.3
2.4
2.0
2.7
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of the 2012 National
Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:2012).
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