Table 3.

Early Care and Education Arrangements

Country	0-2 Year Olds			In Formal Care By Age in Years
	In Formal Care	Average Hours	No Non-Parental Care	3	4	5
Austria	11%	23	72%	48%	83%	93%
Belgium	42	30	42	100	100	100
Canada	24	32		16	42	100
Denmark	63	34	27	94	93	85
Finland	26	35	75	66	70	74
France	43	30	50	99	100	100
Germany	14	22	63	82	93	93
Greece	18	31	37		56	86
Iceland	56	36	39	94	95	97
Ireland	25	25	59		47	100
Italy	29	30	51	97	100	100
Netherlands	23	17	25		74	98
Norway	42	31	51	87	92	93
Portugal	44	40	34	63	81	93
Spain	34	28	49	96	97	100
Sweden	45	29	48	82	87	88
Switzerland	<10			9	38	97
United Kingdom	40	18	46	79	91	100
United States	31	31	51	39	58	78

Notes: “Formal Care” refers to care in licensed centers and accredited family daycare; it is measured in 2006 (2005 in the Netherlands and United States). “Average Hours” indicate the weekly time in formal care and is conditional on some use. No non-parental child care is measured in 2008 (except 2007 in France and 2005 in the US) and refers to families without a usual child care arrangement during a typical week.

Sources: OECD Family Database (www.oecd.org/els/social/family/database; Starting Strong II: Early Childhood Education and Care.