The SIPP provides a large, nationally representative sample that allows linking income recipiency, labor force participation, and participation in government assistance programs with indicators of child well-being . Tabulations represent percentages of valid cases. 3-5 year old children of parents with a high school diploma or a higher education level start regular child care at earlier ages. 3-5 year olds spend more hours per week in child care if they are children of single parents who work or of dual earner married couples. 6-11 year old children are most likely to have TV rules about the number of hours per day they can watch television.
Black children are most likely to have television rules.
Children living in poverty are less likely to participate in clubs, sports, and lessons. Those in families with income at 200 percent and above the poverty level are twice as likely as those in families with income less than the poverty level to participate in school and enrichment activities. Children are less likely to participate in clubs, sports, and lessons when parents have a low opinion of their neighborhood. Children with parents who rent their homes are more likely to have ever changed schools than children with parents who own their homes. Children from the South are most likely to have ever repeated a grade, compared to children from the North, East, and West.