Table 1.

Primary child care setting among 48 month olds by child characteristics (n = 7,500^a)

Child care setting	Poor	Non-poor	African American	Hispanic	Asian	Native American	White	LBW	Not LBW
	N = 2,450 (%)	N = 5,100 (%)	N = 1,200 (%)	N = 1,450 (%)	N = 750 (%)	N = 150 (%)	N = 3,350 (%)	N = 2,000 (%)	N = 5,550 (%)
Head Startb	28.7c,d	8.0	31.5e	22.0e	8.5	31.2e	7.9	21.6g	14.8
Non-Head Start  zcenter care	26.3d	56.3	37.8e	31.6e	59.2e	27.0e	54.9	43.8	46.4
Relative care	15.0d	11.9	13.6	15.6e	13.1	13.0	11.1	12.0	12.9
Non-relative care	4.9d	9.6	5.5e	6.3e	4.2e	5.2e	9.5	5.4	8.0
Parental care	25.1d 100	14.2 100	11.6 100	24.7e 100	15.0 100	23.6 100	16.6 100	17.2 100	17.9 100

^aSample sizes are rounded to nearest 50 per ECLS-B data confidentiality requirements (see text)

^bIncludes both center-based and non-center-based Head Start settings

^cAll percentages are weighted to represent nationally representative estimates

^dDifference in percentage between poor and non-poor groups significant at p < 0.05 based on t test

^eDifference in percentage between indicated group and whites significant at p < 0.05 based on Scheffe’s test

^gDifference in percentage between low birthweight and non-low birthweight significant at p<0.05 based on Student t test