Fifty-five per cent of parents questioned by the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) said they would like their child to have a male childcare worker in their early years setting.
The same number said that have men working in early years would benefit children because it would give them regular access to a male role model.
The CWDC carried out an online survey among 1,000 parents in England who had at least one child under five, who is either currently in nursery or pre-school or starting in the next two years.
The CWDC is campaigning for more men to work in childcare. Currently just 2 per cent of the early years and childcare workforce is male.
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