Estimation of the need for child care in Canada

C A Struthers,Jane F Gentleman,G A Whitmore,James G Mcdaniel,Ellen M Gee

doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-2688-8_7

Estimation of the need for child care in Canada

C A Struthers, Jane F Gentleman + Show 3 more

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2688-8_7

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Publication Date: Jan 1, 1994

Affiliation: University of Waterloo, Statistics Canada, Simon Fraser University

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Finding adequate child care is a serious problem for many Canadian parents. The purpose of this case study is to estimate the need for child care in Canada, including the portion of this need that may be hidden. We utilize the Family History Survey conducted by Statistics Canada (1984) to explore patterns of both met and unmet child-care needs, based, in the latter case, on varying assumptions about the degree of parents’ desire for child care.Key words and phrasesEstimationfamily history surveychild caredata analysissociometricsAMS 1985 subject classificationsPrimary 62–07secondary 62D0562P2562P99

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