Table 3. Correlations of Child Care Pattern and Intensity Variables with Mother, Child, and Family Variables.

	Child Care Pattern	Child Care Intensity	Child Care Intensity	Child Care Intensity
	Number of Arrangements	Child's Age at Entry	Proportion of Child's Life in Child Care	Average Number of Hours per Week
Child variables
Preterm/Full-term birth*	.16	−.05	.10	.12
Health problems†	−.26‡	−.03	−.06	.02
Mother variables
Race§	−.15	.14	.08	.03
Education	.19	−.26‡	.28‡	.18
Proportion of child's life with an employed mother	.24	−.54 ‖	.58 ‖	.60 ‖
Family variables
Number of children	−.20	.11	−.24	−.24
Income	.05	−.18	.35 ‖	.38 ‖

^*Codes: 1 = preterm; 0 = full term.

^†Codes: 0 = present; 1 = absent.

^‡p <.05.

^§Codes: 1 = White; 0 = other.

^‖p <.01.