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Dimension Society and Culture
Sub-Dimension Safety, Housing and Social Inclusion

Category Social Inclusion
KPI Name Child Care Availability
KPI No. SC: SH: SI: 5A Type: Advanced Type: Structural

Definition / Percentage of pre-school age children (0–3) covered by (public and private) day-
Description care centres.

Rationale / The indicator demonstrates the presence of institutes and facilities for child care,
Interpretation / which can grant a good learning and safe environment for kids.
Benchmarking
This indicator also highlights the possibility for equal opportunities in the labour
force for working women with children as they would not be limited by the lack of
childcare facilities.

Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of day-care spots available for pre-school children.
Denominator: Total number of pre-school-age children.

Multiply by 100.
Unit Percentage
Data Sources NOTE 1 – EUROSTAT. Retrieved from <http:// ec .europa .eu/ eurostat/ cache/
/ Relevant metadata/ en/ ilc _ca _esms .htm>
Databases
NOTE 2 – OECD Family Database. Retrieved from <www .oecd .org/ social/ family/
database .htm> (see analysis at http:// www .oecd .org/ els/ soc/ PF3 _2 _Enrolment
_childcare _preschool .pdf)
SDG Reference(s) SDG Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early
childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for
primary education.
SDG Target 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal
opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic
and public life.
SDG Target 10.4: Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection
policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.

Verification Check pre-school-age children population versus city population breakdown for
Guidance consistency.
Check data sources.

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