Child Care Usage and Expenditure in Taiwan: Evidence from the 1991-1997 Family Income and Expenditure Survey

台灣兒童照顧的使用情形與費用支出：以1991-1997家庭收支調查為例

韓文瑞(Wen-Jui Han)

《社會政策與社會工作學刊》 4卷1期 (2000/06) Pp. 5-43

https://doi.org/10.6785/SPSW.200006.0005

摘要

本篇文章運用1991-1997台灣家庭收支調查資料為樣本來分析社會及經濟因素對育有學齡前子女的單親及已婚母親在使用兒童照顧服務及費用方面的影響力。研究結果指出年幼小孩的數目、小孩年齡、及家庭經濟特質對家庭是否會使用兒童照顧服務的比率及費用的多寡具有重要的影響力。此外，在使用兒童照顧服務及費用方面，單親媽媽和已婚母親具有顯著的差異性，此項發現值得未來做更進一步的研究。

關鍵字

兒童照顧服務 ； 兒童照顧費用

並列摘要

This paper uses demographic and employment data from the 1991-1997 Family Income and Expenditure Survey in Taiwan to analyze the effects of various demographic and economic factors on the use of child care and on the child care expenditures of single and married mothers with pre-school age children. The results indicate that the number and presence of children at particular ages and the family's economic characteristics have important effects on the probability of a family using and paying for child care. In addition, single mothers differ significantly from married mothers in terms of their use of and payment for child care, a finding which merits further research.

並列關鍵字

non-parental child care ； child care expenditure

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