AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS)
NAME OF COLLECTION
The Child Care Survey (CCS)
OVERVIEW
The Child Care Survey (CCS) is conducted every three years as a supplement to the Labour Force Survey. It collects information about formal and informal child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 12 years. The most recent (CCS) was conducted in 2005.
The major aim of the CCS is to collect information about the use of, and need for, child care for children 0 to 12 years of age. Data are also used to monitor changes in the way families balance work and family responsibilities and to establish and monitor child care use patterns.
Topics covered by the CCS include characteristics of families, parents and children, child care arrangements for families and children, requirements for formal care in previous four weeks, child care arrangements for each type of care, cost of child care, child care arrangements for specific types of care and demographic details. Information is also collected on the use of the Child Care Benefit and the income and working arrangements of parents with children 0-12 years of age. Data items within these topics are capable of being cross classified with Data items relevant to migrants and ethnicity.
DATA DETAIL
Data items relevant to migrants and ethnicity
- Country of birth (of child)
- Main language spoken at home (by child)
Other data items collected
A full list of data items collected for the Child Care Survey is available in
Child Care, Australia, Jun 2005 (cat. no. 4402.0).
For further details on scope, geographic coverage, data availability and publications, methodology, classifications and concepts visit the
Child Care Survey entry in the
Directory of Statistical Sources.
CONTACT DETAILS
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the
National Information and Referral Service.
Phone: 1300 135 070
Fax: 1300 135 211
Post: Client Services, ABS, GPO Box 796, Sydney 1041
Email:
client.services@abs.gov.au and you will be contacted within two working days.
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