1 in 5 Child Care Jobs Were Lost Since Pandemic Started. Women Are Affected Most
The economic toll of the pandemic has led to the loss of nearly a quarter million jobs for child care providers, nearly all of whom are women and disproportionately Black or Latina.
Of the many sectors of the American economy slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, the businesses and individuals who provide child care to an estimated 12 million children under age five are among the hardest hit.
According to a , more than one out of five of the nearly one million
