Table 2.
Childcare and schooling arrangements pre-COVID-19 (n = 134).
| School year | Planned for summer | |||||
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| 0 to 2 | 3 to 5 | 6 to 18 | 0 to 2 | 3 to 5 | 6 to 18 | |
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| Mean (std. dev.) | ||||||
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| Number of options used | 2.1 (1.6) | 2.3 (1.5) | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.0 (1.4) | 2.1 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.2) |
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| Percenta | ||||||
| Parental care at home (playing, homeschooling) | 56.0 | 49.2 | 46.6 | 50.0 | 42.4 | 48.0 |
| Parental care on the farm with a working parent | 44.0 | 44.1 | 52.4 | 40.0 | 50.9 | 75.5 |
| Parental care at off-farm job | 10.0 | 10.2 | 13.6 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 14.3 |
| Family care (i.e. grandparent or other family member) | 30.0 | 23.7 | 17.5 | 36.0 | 25.4 | 22.5 |
| Informal care (i.e. babysitter or home-based care) | 32.0 | 27.1 | 8.7 | 34.0 | 31.0 | 14.7 |
| Formal care (i.e. daycare center or pre-kindergarten) | 24.0 | 35.6 | 2.9 | 18.0 | 20.3 | 5.1 |
| K-12 school or summer programs (i.e. school/camp/sports) | 6.0 | 30.5 | 60.2 | 6.4 | 27.6 | 40.2 |
| After school programs | 8.0 | 6.8 | 14.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Notes.
a
Adds to more than 100 because respondents could choose more than 1 answer.