Table 4.

Results from Multinomial Logistic Regressions Predicting Early Child Care and Education, Moderation of Community Child Care Context by Race/Ethnicity

	Model 1 (vs. Early Childhood Education)		Model 2 (vs. Early Childhood Education)
	Relative or Non- Relative Care	Parent Care	Relative or Non- Relative Care	Parent Care
Race/Ethnicity (Ref. White)
Mexican immigrant	0.328	0.333	0.658	0.661
	(0.253)	(0.203)	(0.519)	(0.343)
Black	−0.143	−0.499**	0.358	−0.103
	(0.162)	(0.148)	(0.429)	(0.331)
Maternal Employment (age 4; Ref. Mother Not Employed)
Mother employed	1.256***	−1.235***	1.262***	−1.235***
	(0.160)	(0.102)	(0.162)	(0.103)
Child Care Context (age 4)
ZIP female employment (%, centered)	0.001	−0.001	0.018*	0.015
	(0.010)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.008)
County number of child care centers per 1,000 children	0.043	−0.016	0.062	0.004
	(0.045)	(0.035)	(0.049)	(0.031)
Interactions
ZIP female employment x Mexican origin	0.052**	0.034*
	(0.019)	(0.013)
ZIP female employment x Black	0.030	0.049***
	(0.019)	(0.014)
County child care centers x Mexican origin			−0.082	−0.099
			(0.113)	(0.084)
County child care centers x Black			−0.118	−0.111
			(0.088)	(0.073)
Observations	6,250		6,250

Note.

^*p < .05,

^**p <.01,

^***p < .001.

Standard errors in parentheses. Models estimated using survey weights and multiple imputation. Model controls for the same covariates as the model displayed in Table 3.