CARE ZONE

A definition unique to our network, it is derived from the source (method specified below) and is defined as the number of children 12 and under who:

• live in a single-parent home where the parent is working
• live in a two-parent home where both parents are working

The source classifies children in single-parent and two-parent working households into two age groups, 0-5 and 6-17. The number of care zone children between 6-12 was calculated by identifying the percentage of children between 13 and 17 (through various other sources) and subtracting that percentage from the number of 6-17. Therefore it is an estimate. Since the source of this data is only updated in the national census, this is the percent of care zone children found in the 2000 Census applied to the 2003 population of children under 13.