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Weekly Child Care Arrangements* for Children Under Age 6,** by Age, 2005

Weekly Child Care Arrangements* for Children Under Age 6,** by Age, 2005
Type of care Percent of Children
Under 1 Year 1-2 years 3-5 years

*Percents may equal more than 100, because children may have more than one type of nonparental child care arrangement.

**Includes only children not yet enrolled in kindergarten.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Go to References for this graph's full source.

No nonparental arrangements 58.0 47.0 27.0
Relative care 20.2 20.7 21.2
Nonrelative care 13.9 15.9 11.0
Center-based care 11.8 22.8 56.9

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