Three-quarters of all young children with employed mothers are in nonparental care while their mothers work. Two out of five are in child care more than 35 hours a week, and nearly as many rely on more than one caregiver. Beth Frerking , director of the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families , moderated the panel. Ms. Sonenstein stood in for Institute researcher Gina Adams, the lead author of the reports.
States vary widely in their child care policies and funding levels.
Yet, until now, we have never actually been able to quantify this variation, to look at it, and to be able to explore the details. Ms. Sonenstein discusses major preliminary findings from NSAF's data on child care . For example, the fact that Mississippi and Alabama have more center-based child care. I grew up in Texas. I would have expected more relatives, or family home providers, there.