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According to projections given in the Federal Register, 9 out of 10 households in the United States with children under 4 years of age will use some form of day care in the 1980s. The figure of 1.2 million children in day care in 1976 may rise to more than 111/2 million children by 1990. At the beginning of the decade, about 35% of children in day care were in in-home care, over 45% in family day care, and less than 20% in center-based day care (these figures are based on 1978 HEW statistics). If these trends continue, we might expect over 4 million children in in-home care, over 5 million in family day care, and around 21/2 million in more formal child-care centers by the end of the decade.
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Moore, G.T. (1987). The Physical Environment and Cognitive Development in Child-Care Centers. In: Weinstein, C.S., David, T.G. (eds) Spaces for Children. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5227-3_3
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