Child Care Statistics
The best overview of the child care sector is the Child Care Visions reports: You Bet I Care http://action.web.ca/home/cfwwb/readingroom.shtml Also see the Childcare Resource and Research Unit's Early Childhood care and education in Canada Report - 1998 There are a number of other very useful reports at the above site. The main page is: The 1996 Census includes data on the number of hours of unpaid child care in the home. National & provincial data is available by Family Status, labour force activity, and sex: http://www.statcan.ca/english/census96/mar17/house/activ3.htm Census Data will be updated to 2001 figures later in 2003. Look at the Statistics Canada Report: From home to school - How do Canadian children cope A news release together with a direct link to the full report in Adobe Acrobat format is located at the following address: You may also be interested in the following reports: The Cost of Raising Children, 2002 Growing up with Mom and Dad? The intricate family life courses of Canadian children |
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