Abstract
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.
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Plusieurs parents canadiens éprouvent de la difficulté à trouver des services de garderie adéquats. Cette étude de cas a pour but d’estimer les besoins complets en garderie au Canada. On utilise l’enquête sur les profils familiaux conduite par Statistique Canada en 1984. Ces données permettent d’étudier les besoins en garderie qui sont satisfaits et, sous certaines hypothèses relativement aux attentes des parents, les besoins qui restent à combler.
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Gentleman, J.F., Whitmore, G.A., Gee, E.M., McDaniel, J.G., Struthers, C.A. (1994). Estimation of the need for child care in Canada. In: Gentleman, J.F., Whitmore, G.A. (eds) Case Studies in Data Analysis. Lecture Notes in Statistics, vol 94. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2688-8_7
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