Families in which both parents are or the sole parent is in paid employment, either fullor
part-time, have been regarded as having particular needs for child care and have
been specifically targeted by government programs. Families in which both parents are
or the sole parent is employed are more likely to use child care than are families where
either one or both of the parents are not employed: in 1990, 71 per cent of families with
both parents or the sole parent employed used some form of child care arrangements,
compared with 49 per cent of families where at least one parent was not employed. This
still leaves a fairly large percentage of families with both parents or the sole parent
employed not using any form of child care (29 per cent)