Facts In Action

According to a new study, 2.3 million people are caring for children other than their own from birth to five years old. These include center-based providers (24%), family child care providers (28%), paid relatives (35%), and paid non-relatives (13%).

In addition, there are 2.4 million people caring for young children who are unpaid. These include unpaid relatives (93%), unpaid non-relatives (5%), and volunteers (2%).

Source:
Estimating the Size and Components of the U.S. Child Care Workforce and Caregiving Population, Center for the Child Care Workforce and the Human Services Policy Center at the University of Washington, May 2002.

This report is available online at: http://www.hspc.org/publications/pdf/ccw_May_2002.pdf.

Facts in Action, June 2002