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  1. Establishments Providing Child Care Benefits and/or Varied   Work-Schedule Policies, by Establishment Size & Sector: 1987
  2.  
  3.                                           _______Employees_______
  4.                                                            250 or
  5.   Item                          Total      10-49    50-149   more
  6.  
  7. Total establishments
  8.  (1,000)                        1,202       919      236       47
  9.  
  10. Percent providing child-care
  11.   benefits or services(1)        11.1       9.0     15.3     31.8
  12.  Employer-sponsored day care      2.1       1.9      2.2      5.2
  13.  Assisted with child-care
  14.    expenses(4)                    3.1       2.4      4.7      8.9
  15.  Child-care information &
  16.    referral services              5.1       4.3      6.3     14.0
  17.  Counseling services(5)           5.1       3.8      7.6     17.1
  18.  Other child-care benefits        1.0        .7      1.6      2.9
  19.  
  20. Percent with varied work-
  21.   schedule policies aiding
  22.   child-care(1)                  61.2      62.0     58.1     59.4
  23.  Flexitime                       43.2      45.1     37.7     34.9
  24.  Voluntary part-time             34.8      36.0     32.0     25.1
  25.  Job sharing(6)                  15.5      16.0     13.7     15.7
  26.  Work at home                     8.3       9.2      5.6      3.8
  27.  Flexible leave                  42.9      43.8     39.9     40.2
  28.  Other leave or work-
  29.    schedule policies              2.1       1.9      2.9      3.1
  30.  
  31. Percent with no child-care
  32.   benefits or varied work-
  33.   schedule policies              36.8      36.7     38.1     32.5
  34.  
  35.  
  36.                                 ______________Sector_____________
  37.                                 __________Private_________   Gov-
  38.                                            Goods     Ser-    ern-
  39.   Item                          Total       (2)    vices(3)  ment
  40.  
  41. Total establishments
  42.  (1,000)                        1,128       272      856       74
  43.  
  44. Percent providing child-care
  45.   benefits or services(1)        10.1       6.3     11.3     26.4
  46.  Employer-sponsored day care      1.6        .3      2.0      9.4
  47.  Assisted with child-care
  48.    expenses(4)                    3.1       1.9      3.5      2.9
  49.  Child-care information &
  50.   referral services               4.3       2.3      5.0     15.8
  51.  Counseling services(5)           4.2       3.0      4.6     18.2
  52.  Other child-care benefits         .9        .6      1.0      2.3
  53.  
  54. Percent with varied work-
  55.   schedule policies aiding
  56.   child-care(1)                  61.4      51.3     64.6     57.2
  57.  Flexitime                       43.6      31.3     47.5     37.5
  58.  Voluntary part-time             35.3      22.4     39.4     26.7
  59.  Job sharing(6)                  15.0       9.0     16.9     23.5
  60.  Work at home                     8.5       8.2      8.6      4.0
  61.  Flexible leave                  42.9      37.3     44.6     43.7
  62.  Other leave or work-schedule
  63.   policies                        1.8       1.3      1.9      7.1
  64.  
  65. Percent with no child-care
  66.   benefits or varied work-
  67.   schedule policies              36.6      46.4     33.5     39.6
  68.  
  69.  
  70. 1. Mining, construction, manufacturing.
  71. 2. Transportation, communications, public utilities; wholesale
  72.    and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and
  73.    services.
  74. 3. The individual categories will sum to more than 100% because
  75.    many employers provide more than one benefit or policy.
  76. 4. Regular reimbursement of employees' child-care expenses as
  77.    part of the employee benefit package.
  78. 5. A counselor, either a paid employee of the establishment or
  79.    a contractor provided by the employer, who deals with family-
  80.    related issues.
  81. 6. A formal arrangement whereby work of a single full-time
  82.    position is performed by more than one employee.
  83.  
  84. Source:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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