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This report uses multiple years of data from two data sources--the Current Population Survey (CPS, 1995-2011) and the National Household Education Survey (NHES, 1995, 2001, 2005)--to examine trends in early care and education arrangements for young children over the past few decades. Specifically, this report seeks to address the two main questions: 1. What types of non-parental early care and education (ECE) arrangements were children enrolled in between 1995 and 2011, and how did enrollment patterns change over that period? a. What are the trends in the use of center and non-center ECE? b. What are the trends in the use of private ECE (with a family payment) and public ECE (without a family payment)? c. What are the trends in the use of full-time and part-time preschool for three- and four-year-old children? 2. How do rates of participation in ECE and trends in the use of various ECE arrangements differ based on demographic characteristics, particularly: a. Child age, b. Family income, c. Maternal demographic characteristics: maternal employment, education, marital status, and nativity, d. Race/ethnicity (author abstract)
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United States