BRIEF4.D Pandemic health care and child care: Percentage of households experiencing disrupted child care arrangements by poverty status, July 21, 2021–February 7, 2022

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Characteristic 7/21/2021–
8/2/2021		 8/4/2021–
8/16/2021		 8/18/2021–
8/30/2021		 9/1/2021–
9/13/2021		 9/15/2021–
9/27/2021		 9/29/2021–
10/11/2021		 12/1/2021–
12/13/2021		 12/29/2021–
1/10/2022		 1/26/2022–
2/7/2022
Total 24.9 25.8 24.4 26.5 24.4 23.6 22.5 29.9 34.8
Poverty status
At or below 200% poverty 34.4 33.2 28.4 31 29.7 27.4 25.1 32.2 35.9
Above 200% poverty 18.9 22.7 20.7 23.3 22.8 20.8 21.3 29.1 35.7
NOTE: Table reflects data collected in Phase 3.2 through Phase 3.3, weeks 34–42 (July 21, 2021, through February 7, 2022). Data were not collected or available during October 13–November 29, 2021, December 15–27, 2021, and January 12–24, 2022. Survey item: "At any time in the last 4 weeks, were any children in the household unable to attend daycare or another child care arrangement as a result of child care being closed, unavailable, unaffordable, or because you are concerned about your child's safety in care? Please include before school care, after school care, and all other forms of child care that were unavailable. Select only one answer: (1) Yes, (2) No, (3) Not applicable." Data only include households with children who answered "Yes" or "No." Households with children who answered "Not applicable" were excluded from the denominator. Households with missing data on poverty status were included in the overall estimates of disrupted child care, but excluded from the estimates by poverty status. Poverty status is based on family income and household size using 2020 U.S. Census Bureau poverty thresholds.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey. Tabulated by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

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