Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics_LT

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics_LT

Robert M. Kliegman, MD

In the United States, 61% of all children younger than 5 yr—12.5 million children—were in regular childcare in 2011. Large proportions of young children are in childcare at all ages, with more children entering care as they get older; the majority of children 3 yr of age or older are in regular childcare. Young children of employed mothers spend on average 36 hr per wk in a childcare arrangement.