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Show 49 Women in the Labor Force Table 23.-CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENTS UNDER 14 YEARS OF WORKING MOTHERS 1 WITH CHILDREN AGE, BY AGES OF CHILDREN, FEBRUARY 1965 OF (Percent distribution) Ages of children Total Type of arrangement Number Percent (in tbousands) ______ 6 to 11 12 or 13 years years years 12,291 3,778 100 100 100 46 47 47 ____________________ Care in cbild's own bome by- Under 6 ______ 6, 100 2,413 100 38 ---- Fatber ______________________ Otber relative ________________ Under 16 years 16 to 64 years ___________ ____________ 65 years and over _________ Nonrelative who only looked after children ______________ 15 15 15 14 21 18 23 21 5 2 6 5 13 13 13 13 4 3 4 3 5 8 4 2 N onrelative wbo did additional bousebold cbores (maid, housekeeper, etc.) __________ Care in someone else's home byRelative __ _____________________ Nonrelative __________________ Other arrangements _______________ Group care (day care center, etc.) ______________________ Cbild looked after self, ________ 5 7 4 2 15 30 11 5 8 15 5 3 8 15 6 2 39 23 43 57 6 1 1 8 13 15 12 11 15 1 21 24 1 1 1 1 Motber looked after cbild wbile working ___________________ Mother worked only during child's school bours Other arrange men ts I _________ ___________ (2) 2 8 20 Refers to mothers who worked 27 weeks or more in 1964 either full or part time. 2 Less than 0.5 percent. Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Welfare Admtnistration, Children's Bureau, Women's Bureau: "Child Care Arrangements of the Nation's Working and U.S. of Department Labor, Mothers-A preliminary report." 1965. for additional day care facilities. care Licensed public and private day provide for about facilities available in October 1965 could 290,000 children. This represented, unfortunately, only a small per centage of the children who needed day care services, but public and voluntary agencies are working actively to close the gap. A major advance in providing day care services was made pos sible by the child welfare provisions of the 1962 Public Welfare |
