Table 2.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics for Focal Variables, by Race/Ethnicity

	Mexican Origin		Black		White
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Early Childhood Care and Education (Child age 4)
Early childhood education program	0.5203	0.0203	0.724	0.019	0.719	0.012
Relative or non-relative care only	0.1601	0.0147	0.126	0.011	0.099	0.007
Parental care only	0.3196	0.0211	0.148	0.012	0.182	0.009
Maternal Employment (Child age 4)
Mother employed (full-time or part-time)	0.463	0.019	0.624	0.015	0.604	0.010
Community Child Care Context (Child age 4)
ZIP employed females (%)	50.4	0.7	52.0	0.5	56.2	0.4
County number of child care centers per 1,000 children ages 5 and under	3.0	0.1	4.1	0.1	4.1	0.1
n	1,050		1,350		3,900

Note. Means estimated using survey weights.