Canadian National Child Care Study

Résumé du livre

Chapter 4 explores child care use from a variety of perspectives (e.g., actual child care use patterns, preferred child care arrangements, child care use by ruran/urban area, parental income, parental occupation, etc.). Chapter 5 considers how child and family characteristics, provincial regulations and funding structures and labour force participation contribute to the mosaic of child care in Canada. Data in this report are from two primary sources: the National Child Care Survey (NCCS) of parents with children under age 13, conducted in the fall of 1988 and a survey of the provincial governments, with a reporting period similar to that of the survey of parents. Readers should be aware that data in this report only cover the 10 provinces, not the Yukon and the Northwest Territories (also not included are persons living on Indian reserves, persons permanently residing in institutions and Canadians who were living outside Canada during the reference week). Further, the tables generally report figures for the total number of families and children in Canada; these figures are extrapolations derived from the data collected by the survey of parents.