"table with row headers in column A part one column headers are in rows 5 through 11 (with repeats in rows 58 through 64, part two column headers are in rows 107 through 113 (with repeats in rows 160 through 166).  The table repeats for percentages starting in row 207."						
PPL Table 4:  Family and Child Characteristics of Children in Self Care by Age of Child and Employment Status of Designated Parent						
(Numbers in thousands)						
(leading dot indicates sub-part)						
Characteristic	TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN BY AGE IN YEARS					
	Employment Status					
	Not employed			Employed		
	Age of Child			Age of Child		
	5 to 8	9 to 11	12 to 14	5 to 8	9 to 11	12 to 14
	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total
	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number
All	"6,423"	"4,284"	"3,617"	"9,755"	"8,031"	"7,987"
MARITAL STATUS						
.Married	"5,012"	"3,224"	"2,655"	"6,776"	"5,703"	"5,643"
".Widowed, separated, divorced"	692	614	701	"1,693"	"1,640"	"1,827"
.Never married	718	446	261	"1,286"	688	517
RACE						
.White	"5,291"	"3,474"	"2,908"	"7,724"	"6,300"	"6,348"
.Black	857	584	528	"1,555"	"1,325"	"1,248"
.Native American	84	60	53	110	89	161
.Asian and Pacific Islander	190	165	128	365	317	231
"WHITE, NON-HISPANIC"						
.Other	"2,444"	"1,799"	"1,431"	"3,516"	"2,816"	"2,603"
".White, non-Hispanic"	"3,979"	"2,485"	"2,186"	"6,239"	"5,215"	"5,384"
HISPANIC ORIGIN						
.Non-Hispanic	"5,031"	"3,232"	"2,844"	"8,187"	"6,875"	"6,940"
.Hispanic	"1,392"	"1,052"	773	"1,568"	"1,157"	"1,048"
AGE OF PARENT						
.15-24 years	258	0	3	369	8	7
.25-34 years	"3,046"	"1,418"	697	"4,670"	"2,486"	"1,413"
.35+ years	"3,119"	"2,866"	"2,918"	"4,715"	"5,537"	"6,568"
EDUCATION LEVEL OF PARENT						
.Less than high school	"1,513"	"1,209"	990	"1,184"	956	980
.High school diploma	"1,990"	"1,332"	"1,160"	"3,133"	"2,547"	"2,548"
.College 1-3 years	"1,823"	"1,123"	952	"3,175"	"2,858"	"2,716"
.College 4+ years	"1,098"	621	516	"2,263"	"1,670"	"1,743"
WORK STATUS						
.Not employed	"6,423"	"4,284"	"3,617"	-	-	-
.Full-time	-	-	-	"6,853"	"5,662"	"5,876"
.Part-time	-	-	-	"2,902"	"2,369"	"2,111"
FAMILY INCOME						
".Less than $1,500"	"1,768"	"1,276"	"1,088"	"1,354"	971	885
".$1,500 - $2,999"	"1,658"	896	893	"2,418"	"1,923"	"1,744"
".$3,000 - $4,499"	"1,128"	883	672	"2,080"	"1,877"	"1,814"
".$4,500 and over"	"1,658"	"1,089"	847	"3,757"	"3,187"	"3,422"
.Missing	211	140	118	147	74	122
footnotes:						
(Continued)						
						
"NOTE: Because of multiple arrangements, numbers and percentages may exceed the total number of children."						
- Represents or rounds to zero.						
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1996 Panel, Wave 10."						
"Internet release date:  January 24, 2003"						
"Last revised:  January 11, 2005"						
PPL Table 4:  Family and Child Characteristics of Children in Self Care by Age of Child and Employment Status of Designated Parent						
(Numbers in thousands)						
						
Characteristic	TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN BY AGE IN YEARS					
	Employment Status					
	Not employed			Employed		
	Age of Child			Age of Child		
	5 to 8	9 to 11	12 to 14	5 to 8	9 to 11	12 to 14
	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total
	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number
FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL						
.Below poverty line	"1,906"	"1,367"	"1,120"	"1,177"	910	755
.On or above poverty line	"4,306"	"2,777"	"2,379"	"8,431"	"7,047"	"7,110"
.Less than 100% poverty	"1,906"	"1,367"	"1,120"	"1,177"	910	755
.100 to 200% poverty	"1,794"	967	957	"2,362"	"1,906"	"1,721"
.200% and above poverty	"2,512"	"1,810"	"1,423"	"6,069"	"5,141"	"5,389"
.Missing	211	140	118	147	74	122
RECEIVED TANF						
.No	"6,043"	"3,999"	"3,387"	"9,592"	"7,910"	"7,907"
.Yes	379	285	230	163	121	80
REGION						
.Northeast	"1,118"	741	573	"1,746"	"1,479"	"1,439"
.Midwest	"1,386"	933	807	"2,421"	"1,904"	"2,013"
.South	"2,130"	"1,434"	"1,290"	"3,303"	"2,786"	"2,792"
.West	"1,789"	"1,176"	947	"2,285"	"1,862"	"1,743"
AGE OF CHILD						
.5-8 years	"6,423"	-	-	"9,755"	-	-
.9-11 years	-	"4,284"	-	-	"8,031"	-
.12-14 years	-	-	"3,617"	-	-	"7,987"
SEX OF CHILD						
.Male	"3,247"	"2,179"	"1,912"	"5,003"	"4,129"	"4,046"
.Female	"3,175"	"2,105"	"1,705"	"4,752"	"3,902"	"3,941"
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES						
.No	"5,795"	"3,776"	"3,266"	"7,945"	"6,057"	"6,095"
.Yes	627	509	351	"1,810"	"1,974"	"1,892"
RELATIVE						
.No	"5,278"	"3,641"	"3,168"	"3,980"	"3,525"	"4,430"
.Yes	"1,144"	643	449	"5,775"	"4,506"	"3,557"
NONRELATIVE						
.No	"1,441"	561	467	"1,152"	594	647
.Yes	"4,982"	"3,724"	"3,150"	"8,602"	"7,437"	"7,341"
footnotes:						
(Continued)						
						
"NOTE: Because of multiple arrangements, numbers and percentages may exceed the total number of children."						
- Represents or rounds to zero.						
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1996 Panel, Wave 10."						
"Internet release date:  January 24, 2003"						
"Last revised:  January 11, 2005"						
PPL Table 4:  Family and Child Characteristics of Children in Self Care by Age of Child and Employment Status of Designated Parent						
(Numbers in thousands)						
						
Characteristic	NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN SELF CARE BY AGE IN YEARS					
	Employment Status					
	Not Employed			Employed		
	Age of Child			Age of Child		
	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years
	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care
	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number
All	134	389	872	309	"1,294"	"3,400"
MARITAL STATUS						
.Married	104	261	658	186	878	"2,350"
".Widowed, separated, divorced"	3	69	166	46	327	855
.Never married	26	58	47	76	89	195
RACE						
.White	99	322	741	223	"1,116"	"2,851"
.Black	16	56	101	61	128	406
.Native American	12	4	14	10	31	67
.Asian and Pacific Islander	7	6	16	14	20	76
"WHITE, NON-HISPANIC"						
.Other	44	110	230	115	270	850
".White, non-Hispanic"	90	279	641	193	"1,023"	"2,550"
HISPANIC ORIGIN						
.Non-Hispanic	125	345	772	279	"1,202"	"3,081"
.Hispanic	9	43	99	30	92	320
AGE OF PARENT						
.15-24 years	3	0	0	12	0	3
.25-34 years	76	92	109	134	359	500
.35+ years	55	297	762	162	935	"2,897"
EDUCATION LEVEL OF PARENT						
.Less than high school	17	84	164	25	72	307
.High school diploma	44	98	236	116	358	"1,032"
.College 1-3 years	42	131	269	101	496	"1,201"
.College 4+ years	31	76	203	67	368	861
WORK STATUS						
.Not employed	134	389	872	-	-	-
.Full-time	-	-	-	223	919	"2,633"
.Part-time	-	-	-	86	375	768
FAMILY INCOME						
".Less than $1,500"	33	95	204	63	136	312
".$1,500 - $2,999"	35	70	191	70	257	660
".$3,000 - $4,499"	28	82	171	80	308	781
".$4,500 and over"	26	137	288	94	593	"1,602"
.Missing	11	5	17	3	-	46
footnotes:						
(Continued)						
						
"NOTE: Because of multiple arrangements, numbers and percentages may exceed the total number of children."						
- Represents or rounds to zero.						
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1996 Panel, Wave 10."						
"Internet release date:  January 24, 2003"						
"Last revised:  January 11, 2005"						
PPL Table 4:  Family and Child Characteristics of Children in Self Care by Age of Child and Employment Status of Designated Parent						
(Numbers in thousands)						
						
Characteristic	NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN SELF CARE BY AGE IN YEARS					
	Employment Status					
	Not Employed			Employed		
	Age of Child			Age of Child		
	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years
	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care
	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number
FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL						
.Below poverty line	33	100	208	45	112	243
.On or above poverty line	90	284	646	260	"1,182"	"3,111"
.Less than 100% poverty	33	100	208	45	112	243
.100 to 200% poverty	44	76	200	73	236	549
.200% and above poverty	46	208	446	187	946	"2,562"
.Missing	11	5	17	3	-	46
RECEIVED TANF						
.No	122	359	835	299	"1,291"	"3,360"
.Yes	12	30	37	9	3	40
REGION						
.Northeast	18	65	97	31	171	564
.Midwest	58	114	270	140	465	"1,054"
.South	31	97	234	60	332	"1,025"
.West	27	113	271	78	326	757
AGE OF CHILD						
.5-8 years	134	-	-	309	-	-
.9-11 years	-	389	-	-	"1,294"	-
.12-14 years	-	-	872	-	-	"3,400"
SEX OF CHILD						
.Male	84	189	480	173	721	"1,730"
.Female	50	199	391	136	573	"1,670"
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES						
.No	102	301	707	227	819	"2,428"
.Yes	32	87	164	82	475	972
RELATIVE						
.No	62	257	773	138	652	"2,104"
.Yes	72	132	99	171	642	"1,296"
NONRELATIVE						
.No	25	28	65	31	97	252
.Yes	109	361	806	278	"1,197"	"3,149"
footnotes:						
(Continued)						
						
"NOTE: Because of multiple arrangements, numbers and percentages may exceed the total number of children."						
- Represents or rounds to zero.						
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1996 Panel, Wave 10."						
"Internet release date:  January 24, 2003"						
"Last revised:  January 11, 2005"						
PPL Table 4:  Family and Child Characteristics of Children in Self Care by Age of Child and Employment Status of Designated Parent						
(Numbers in thousands)						
						
						
All                    	PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SELF CARE BY AGE IN YEARS					
	Not employed			Employed		
	Age of Child			Age of Child		
	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years
	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care
	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
All	2.1	9.1	24.1	3.2	16.1	42.6
MARITAL STATUS						
.Married	2.1	8.1	24.8	2.8	15.4	41.6
".Widowed, separated, divorced"	0.5	11.2	23.7	2.7	19.9	46.8
.Never married	3.7	13.0	18.2	5.9	12.9	37.7
RACE						
.White	1.9	9.3	25.5	2.9	17.7	44.9
.Black	1.9	9.6	19.1	3.9	9.7	32.5
.Native American	13.9	6.7	26.6	9.1	34.3	41.8
.Asian and Pacific Islander	3.4	3.8	12.5	3.8	6.2	32.9
"WHITE, NON-HISPANIC"						
.Other	1.8	6.1	16.1	3.3	9.6	32.7
".White, non-Hispanic"	2.3	11.2	29.3	3.1	19.6	47.4
HISPANIC ORIGIN						
.Non-Hispanic	2.5	10.7	27.2	3.4	17.5	44.4
.Hispanic	0.6	4.1	12.9	1.9	8.0	30.5
AGE OF PARENT						
.15-24 years	1.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.0	44.8
.25-34 years	2.5	6.5	15.7	2.9	14.4	35.4
.35+ years	1.7	10.4	26.1	3.4	16.9	44.1
EDUCATION LEVEL OF PARENT						
.Less than high school	1.1	6.9	16.5	2.1	7.5	31.3
.High school diploma	2.2	7.4	20.3	3.7	14.1	40.5
.College 1-3 years	2.3	11.7	28.3	3.2	17.4	44.2
.College 4+ years	2.8	12.2	39.3	3.0	22.0	49.4
WORK STATUS						
.Not employed	2.1	9.1	24.1	-	-	-
.Full-time	-	-	-	3.3	16.2	44.8
.Part-time	-	-	-	3.0	15.8	36.4
FAMILY INCOME						
".Less than $1,500"	1.9	7.5	18.8	4.6	14.0	35.2
".$1,500 - $2,999"	2.1	7.9	21.4	2.9	13.4	37.8
".$3,000 - $4,499"	2.5	9.3	25.4	3.8	16.4	43.0
".$4,500 and over"	1.6	12.5	34.1	2.5	18.6	46.8
.Missing	5.3	3.3	14.8	2.1	-	37.9
footnotes:						
(Continued)						
						
"NOTE: Because of multiple arrangements, numbers and percentages may exceed the total number of children."						
- Represents or rounds to zero.						
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1996 Panel, Wave 10."						
"Internet release date:  January 24, 2003"						
"Last revised:  January 11, 2005"						
PPL Table 4:  Family and Child Characteristics of Children in Self Care by Age of Child and Employment Status of Designated Parent						
(Numbers in thousands)						
						
All                    	PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SELF CARE BY AGE IN YEARS					
	Not employed			Employed		
	Age of Child			Age of Child		
	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years	5-8 years	9-11 years	12-14 years
	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care	Self Care
	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL						
.Below poverty line	1.7	7.3	18.6	3.9	12.3	32.1
.On or above poverty line	2.1	10.2	27.2	3.1	16.8	43.8
.Less than 100% poverty	1.7	7.3	18.6	3.9	12.3	32.1
.100 to 200% poverty	2.4	7.8	20.9	3.1	12.4	31.9
.200% and above poverty	1.8	11.5	31.3	3.1	18.4	47.6
.Missing	5.3	3.3	14.8	2.1	-	37.9
RECEIVED TANF						
.No	2.0	9.0	24.6	3.1	16.3	42.5
.Yes	3.2	10.5	16.1	5.8	2.7	49.9
REGION						
.Northeast	1.6	8.7	16.9	1.8	11.6	39.2
.Midwest	4.2	12.2	33.4	5.8	24.4	52.3
.South	1.5	6.8	18.1	1.8	11.9	36.7
.West	1.5	9.6	28.6	3.4	17.5	43.5
AGE OF CHILD						
.5-8 years	2.1	-	-	3.2	-	-
.9-11 years	-	9.1	-	-	16.1	-
.12-14 years	-	-	24.1	-	-	42.6
SEX OF CHILD						
.Male	2.6	8.7	25.1	3.5	17.5	42.8
.Female	1.6	9.5	22.9	2.9	14.7	42.4
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES						
.No	1.8	8.0	21.6	2.9	13.5	39.8
.Yes	5.1	17.2	46.9	4.5	24.1	51.4
RELATIVE						
.No	1.2	7.0	24.4	3.5	18.5	47.5
.Yes	6.3	20.5	22.0	3.0	14.3	36.4
NONRELATIVE						
.No	1.8	5.0	14.0	2.7	16.3	38.9
.Yes	2.2	9.7	25.6	3.2	16.1	42.9
footnotes:						
						
						
"NOTE: Because of multiple arrangements, numbers and percentages may exceed the total number of children."						
- Represents or rounds to zero.						
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1996 Panel, Wave 10."						
"Internet release date:  January 24, 2003"						
"Last revised:  January 11, 2005"