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Parents' awareness about formal childcare grows
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
26 September 2007
The number of parents aware of childminding services has doubled in the past year, according to new figures from the National Childminding Association.
In a survey of 1,000 parents, 83 per cent cited registered childminders when asked what types of childcare they could name compared with just 39 per cent in 2006. Nurseries were identified by 85 per cent of parents, while just over 30 per cent named pre-school playgroups and out-of-school clubs. While 23 per cent of those surveyed said they used grandparents as childcarers and 20 per cent named other relatives, barely half said they recognised such arrangements...
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