Kindergartens, 2007, preliminary figures

In 2007, the proportion of children aged 1-5 who attended kindergarten was 84.2 per cent, an increase of 3.8 percentage points from 2006. For children aged 1-2, 69.2 per cent attended kindergarten, while 94.3 per cent of children aged 3-5 did.

At the end of 2007, almost 215 000 children attended kindergarten full-time. This is an increase of nearly 21 000 compared with the previous year. The number of children who attended kindergarten part-time was reduced by 6 200. Full-time is defined as 33 hours or more per week.

60 500 people were employed in kindergartens at the end of 2007, and in total they worked 75 800 man-years. 91 per cent of employees were women, which is the same level as in the previous year.

Tables:

• Table 1 Kindergartens, children and employees, by county. 2007
• Table 2 Children in kindergartens, by age and county. 2007
• Table 3 Children in kindergartens, by weekly attendance, ownership structure of kindergarten and county. 2007
• Table 4 Children in kindergartens, by hours of attendance per week and different age groups. 2007