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Children with Long-Term Conditions or Disabilities: Why Some Are Not in Non-Parental Child Care. Economic and Social Reports. Catalogue No. 36-28-0001

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Title: Children with Long-Term Conditions or Disabilities: Why Some Are Not in Non-Parental Child Care. Economic and Social Reports. Catalogue No. 36-28-0001
Language: English
Authors: Allison Leanage (ORCID 0000-0002-3371-5614), Rubab Arim (ORCID 0000-0003-2658-2136), Statistics Canada
Source: Statistics Canada. 2025.
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Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Barriers, Individual Characteristics, Disadvantaged Youth, Chronic Illness, Help Seeking, Parent Child Relationship
Geographic Terms: Canada
ISSN: 2563-8955
Abstract: Using data from the 2023 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements--Children with Long-Term Conditions or Disabilities, this study aimed to identify potential barriers to participating in child care among children with long-term conditions or disabilities who do not regularly attend non-parental child care. Compared with child care users, non-users were less likely to have parents with a paid job or business (38% of non-users vs. 77% of users), less likely to have parents with a bachelor's degree or higher (32% of non-users vs. 46% of users), and less likely to live in two-parent families (78% of non-users vs. 84% of users). Parents of non-users who looked for child care were more likely than those of child care users to report difficulty finding affordable child care (54% of non-users whose parents looked for care vs. 39% of users), subsidized child care (43% vs. 32%), and care that meets their child's needs because of disability or chronic illness (29% vs. 12%). While the most frequently reported reason for not using child care varied by whether parents were seeking child care, a shortage of places or waitlists (34%) was the most frequently reported reason for not using child care among non-users whose parents looked for child care. Overall, in 2023, availability and affordability remained as potential barriers to participating in child care among children with long-term conditions or disabilities whose parents looked for child care.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED676994
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Using data from the 2023 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements--Children with Long-Term Conditions or Disabilities, this study aimed to identify potential barriers to participating in child care among children with long-term conditions or disabilities who do not regularly attend non-parental child care. Compared with child care users, non-users were less likely to have parents with a paid job or business (38% of non-users vs. 77% of users), less likely to have parents with a bachelor's degree or higher (32% of non-users vs. 46% of users), and less likely to live in two-parent families (78% of non-users vs. 84% of users). Parents of non-users who looked for child care were more likely than those of child care users to report difficulty finding affordable child care (54% of non-users whose parents looked for care vs. 39% of users), subsidized child care (43% vs. 32%), and care that meets their child's needs because of disability or chronic illness (29% vs. 12%). While the most frequently reported reason for not using child care varied by whether parents were seeking child care, a shortage of places or waitlists (34%) was the most frequently reported reason for not using child care among non-users whose parents looked for child care. Overall, in 2023, availability and affordability remained as potential barriers to participating in child care among children with long-term conditions or disabilities whose parents looked for child care.
ISSN:2563-8955