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Use of pre‐school daycare and education 1979–86
Author(s) -
MOSS PETER,
OWEN CHARLIE
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1989.tb00353.x
Subject(s) - attendance , day care , child care , social class , medicine , psychology , demography , pediatrics , family medicine , nursing , sociology , political science , law
SUMMARY. Using General Household Survey data, this paper considers attendance by children under five at public and private services providing non‐parental daycare and education in 1986 and compares it with 1979. Attendance of children under five rose from 32 per cent in 1979 to 42 per cent in 1986. The services included are primary schools, nursery schools and classes, playgroups, day nurseries and child minders. Playgroups are most used for two and three year olds and schools for four year olds with the majority of children attending on apart time basis. Children from higher social class backgrounds are more likely to receive care and/or education with 50 per cent of such children using pre‐school services, as compared to 3 7 per cent of children with fathers in manual occupations