Characteristics of Home-Based Early Care and Education Providers: Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education

Publication Date: March 7, 2016
Current as of:

Introduction

This report provides a nationally representative estimate of all home-based care to children ages birth through five years and not yet in kindergarten as of 2012, using data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education.

Home-based providers discussed in the report include both paid and unpaid providers of care. The report describes the characteristics of the providers themselves and the care they provide.