<P> Impact of child care / preschool on life outcomes at age 21: </P> <Ul> <Li> Completion of a half - year more of education </Li> <Li> Much higher percentage enrolled in school at age 21 (42 percent vs. 20 percent) </Li> <Li> Much higher percentage attended, or still attending, a 4 - year college (36 percent vs. 14 percent) </Li> <Li> Much higher percentage engaged in skilled jobs (47 percent vs. 27 percent) </Li> <Li> Much lower percentage of teen - aged parents (26 percent vs. 45 percent) </Li> <Li> Reduction of criminal activity </Li> </Ul> <Li> Completion of a half - year more of education </Li> <Li> Much higher percentage enrolled in school at age 21 (42 percent vs. 20 percent) </Li>

Results from the perry preschool project and the abecedarian project indicate that