Table 1.

Trends in parental availability in selected years (percentages)

	All Parents Work Full-Time, Full-Year			A Parent Is Home Part-Time or Part-Year			A Parent Is Home Full-Time, Full-Year
	1969	1989	2009	1969	1989	2009	1969	1989	2009
Overall
Unadjusted	14	28	33	23	40	33	63	32	34
Regression-adjusted	15	28	34	27	34	40	58	38	25
Age of Child
0–4 years	7	21	26	20	40	34	72	38	40
5–11 years	12	27	33	23	41	33	64	32	35
12–17 years	20	36	39	25	37	32	55	26	29
Maternal Education
Less than high school	11	14	16	21	31	27	68	55	58
High school	14	28	30	25	42	32	61	31	38
Some college	14	30	34	24	43	36	62	27	30
Bachelors degree+	17	34	40	23	42	34	60	24	26
Race/Ethnicity
White	12	26	31	23	42	34	65	32	35
Black	19	31	38	28	33	28	53	36	34
Other	13	27	33	19	31	29	68	42	38

Notes: Observations are weighted so as to be nationally representative. No other adjustments are made unless otherwise noted.

Source: March Current Population Survey, 1967–2009.