Where children go right after school
			Grade
Where children go:	N, unweighted	K-7	K	1-3	4-7
Home:		72.8
Home	1,009	72.7	66.1	68.8	77.5
Other parent's home	3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3
School:		8.2
School	126	8.2	9.7	7.5	8.4
Day Care:		10.9
Day care center	52	2.7	5.5	3.5	1.4
Someone else's home	142	8.1	10.8	9.8	6.1
Elsewhere:		8.1
Parent's place of work	10	0.9	0.5	1.4	0.6
Indoor recreational places	17	1.7	0.1	2.7	1.2
Outdoor recreational places	33	2.7	3.0	3.7	1.7
Stores, shopping centers	33	1.7	3.1	1.4	1.6
Restaurants	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Non-retail businesses	7	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.7
Church	2	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2
Other	9	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.3
	1,445	100%	100%	100%	100%
Source: University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, 1997

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