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Where Do Rich Countries Stand on Childcare?: A ranking of national childcare policies in wealthy countries [1]

['Unicef Office Of Research - Innocenti']

Date: 2023-06

Leave: paid job-protected leave available to mothers and fathers in full-pay equivalent

Access: Children in formal childcare and education programmes (under 3 and one year before starting school)

Quality: Children-to-teacher ratio and minimal qualifications to become a teacher in formal childcare

Affordability: Cost of childcare for two children (two earners on average wage and a single parent of low earnings)

Note: A yellow background indicates a place in the top third of the ranking, pink denotes the middle third, and purple the bottom third. The blank cells indicate that there are no up-to-date comparable data available. The exact values and sources of all indicators are shown in the Appendix of the report.

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[1] Url: https://www.unicef-irc.org/where-do-rich-countries-stand-on-childcare

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