Table 14: Characteristics of childcare workforce, January 2008
| Childminders | Pre-school education and daycare staff |
|---|
Number | Percentage of all | Number | Percentage of all |
|---|
TOTAL WORKERS | 5,580 | 100 | 26,180 | 100 |
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Gender |
|---|
Male | 40 | 1 | 720 | 3 |
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Female | 5,530 | 99 | 25,200 | 96 |
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Unknown | 10 | 0 | 260 | 1 |
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Age (years) |
|---|
Under 25 | 60 | 1 | 5,710 | 22 |
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25 to 35 | 1,090 | 20 | 6,440 | 25 |
|---|
36 to 45 | 2,330 | 42 | 6,740 | 26 |
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46 to 55 | 1,460 | 26 | 5,470 | 21 |
|---|
Over 55 | 630 | 11 | 1,690 | 6 |
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Unknown | 10 | 0 | 130 | 1 |
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Ethnic Group (Childminders Only) |
|---|
White | 5,370 | 96 | | |
|---|
Mixed | 10 | 0 | | |
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Asian | 30 | 0 | | |
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Black | 0 | 0 | | |
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Other | 10 | 0 | | |
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Not Known/Disclosed | 170 | 3 | | |
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Management responsibility |
|---|
Manages the work of other staff | | | 7,370 | 28 |
|---|
Does not manage the work of other staff | | | 18,430 | 70 |
|---|
Unknown | | | 380 | 1 |
|---|
Typical number of hours worked per week (Childminders Only) |
|---|
Less than 10 | 270 | 5 | | |
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10-19 | 360 | 6 | | |
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20-29 | 610 | 11 | | |
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30-39 | 1,310 | 23 | | |
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40-49 | 2,200 | 39 | | |
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50 or more | 820 | 15 | | |
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Number of weeks worked in the past year (Childminders Only) |
|---|
None | 70 | 1 | | |
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1-20 | 350 | 6 | | |
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21-40 | 530 | 10 | | |
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More than 40 | 4,520 | 81 | | |
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Not Known | 120 | 2 | | |
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Notes:
Childminder figures in this table are outwith the scope of National Statistics. The figures, except for the total, are taken from the Care Commission's December 2007 Annual Returns, to which there was a significant number of non-responses. The data have been weighted up to the total number of active childminders registered with the Care Commission. See Appendix 4 for details of the weighting used.
The numbers of childcare staff are estimates based on the total number of staff working directly with children and any additional staff responsible for the management of the registered service (around 150 in total). Staff working in public and private playgroups and private family centres or where the main service type of the centre was unknown are excluded. See Appendix 3 for confidence intervals.
Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages to the nearest whole percent to express the uncertainty inherent in these figures. For this reason, totals may not exactly equal the sum of their parts.