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Households with children under age 12 whose childcare arrangements were disrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic by age of children in United States

Households with children under age 12 whose childcare arrangements were disrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic by age of children

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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.

Definition and Source

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Definition

The percentage of households with children under age 12 who reported that at least one child in the household was unable to attend daycare or another childcare arrangement at some time in the past 4 weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. Only respondents who provided a yes or no response are included. Percentages by age group include all children in the household in the age group, even if there were no childcare disruptions for the child(ren) in that age group. For example, in July 21-Aug 16, 30% of households with children ages 0 to 4 experienced a disruption in childcare arrangements because at least one child under 12 in the household could not attend daycare or another childcare arrangement due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Data Source

Population Reference Bureau analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey, 2021-2022

Notes

Updated August 2022
S - Estimates suppressed when the effective sample size is less than 30 or the 90% confidence interval is greater than 30 percentage points or 1.3 times the estimate.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at  Households with children under age 12 whose childcare arrangements were disrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic by age of children.

Last Updated

August 2022