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- Establishments Providing Child Care Benefits and/or Varied Work-Schedule Policies, by Establishment Size & Sector: 1987
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- _______Employees_______
- 250 or
- Item Total 10-49 50-149 more
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- Total establishments
- (1,000) 1,202 919 236 47
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- Percent providing child-care
- benefits or services(1) 11.1 9.0 15.3 31.8
- Employer-sponsored day care 2.1 1.9 2.2 5.2
- Assisted with child-care
- expenses(4) 3.1 2.4 4.7 8.9
- Child-care information &
- referral services 5.1 4.3 6.3 14.0
- Counseling services(5) 5.1 3.8 7.6 17.1
- Other child-care benefits 1.0 .7 1.6 2.9
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- Percent with varied work-
- schedule policies aiding
- child-care(1) 61.2 62.0 58.1 59.4
- Flexitime 43.2 45.1 37.7 34.9
- Voluntary part-time 34.8 36.0 32.0 25.1
- Job sharing(6) 15.5 16.0 13.7 15.7
- Work at home 8.3 9.2 5.6 3.8
- Flexible leave 42.9 43.8 39.9 40.2
- Other leave or work-
- schedule policies 2.1 1.9 2.9 3.1
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- Percent with no child-care
- benefits or varied work-
- schedule policies 36.8 36.7 38.1 32.5
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- ______________Sector_____________
- __________Private_________ Gov-
- Goods Ser- ern-
- Item Total (2) vices(3) ment
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- Total establishments
- (1,000) 1,128 272 856 74
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- Percent providing child-care
- benefits or services(1) 10.1 6.3 11.3 26.4
- Employer-sponsored day care 1.6 .3 2.0 9.4
- Assisted with child-care
- expenses(4) 3.1 1.9 3.5 2.9
- Child-care information &
- referral services 4.3 2.3 5.0 15.8
- Counseling services(5) 4.2 3.0 4.6 18.2
- Other child-care benefits .9 .6 1.0 2.3
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- Percent with varied work-
- schedule policies aiding
- child-care(1) 61.4 51.3 64.6 57.2
- Flexitime 43.6 31.3 47.5 37.5
- Voluntary part-time 35.3 22.4 39.4 26.7
- Job sharing(6) 15.0 9.0 16.9 23.5
- Work at home 8.5 8.2 8.6 4.0
- Flexible leave 42.9 37.3 44.6 43.7
- Other leave or work-schedule
- policies 1.8 1.3 1.9 7.1
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- Percent with no child-care
- benefits or varied work-
- schedule policies 36.6 46.4 33.5 39.6
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- 1. Mining, construction, manufacturing.
- 2. Transportation, communications, public utilities; wholesale
- and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and
- services.
- 3. The individual categories will sum to more than 100% because
- many employers provide more than one benefit or policy.
- 4. Regular reimbursement of employees' child-care expenses as
- part of the employee benefit package.
- 5. A counselor, either a paid employee of the establishment or
- a contractor provided by the employer, who deals with family-
- related issues.
- 6. A formal arrangement whereby work of a single full-time
- position is performed by more than one employee.
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- Source:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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