Trends in long day care services for children in Australia, 1991-99
The report provides comprehensive information on Commonwealth supported long day care services (long day care centres and family day care services) during the 1990s - a period in which there was enormous growth in the number of service providers and in children using these services. Detailed information is presented on service provision, such as the supply of places for young children, access to preschool programs, hours of service operation, and fees charged. Characteristics of children's use of long day care services are examined, including age, the amount of time children spend in care, and the reasons they are in care. The report also discusses staffing of services, particularly the qualifications and training levels of workers.
ISSN 1324 6593; ISBN 978 1 74024 216 5; Cat. no. CFS 5; 89pp.; OUT OF PRINT
Full publication
Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material (138K PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Preface
- Summary
- Sections
- Introduction (240K PDF)
- Background
- The Census of Child Care Services
- Expansion of long day care services, 1991 to 1999
- Long day care service provision (318K PDF)
- Places
- Places for young children
- Preschool and outside school hours care service
- Hours of opening of long day care centres
- Vacancies in long day care centres
- Fees charged
- Children (278K PDF)
- Number of children in long day care
- Time spent in care
- Age of children
- Work-related care
- Children and parents with special needs
- Childcare Assistance
- Workers (202K PDF)
- Workers per service provider
- Workers by age
- Cultural background
- Employment characteristics
- Qualifications
- In-service training
- End matter (113K PDF)
Recommended citation
AIHW 2002. Trends in long day care services for children in Australia, 1991-99. Children's Services Series no. 4. Cat. no. CFS 5. Canberra: AIHW.