The Childcare and Early Years Providers survey provides estimates of the proportion of childminders1 who are male and female in England from 1998 until 2008. These data are not available for years prior to 1998. Estimates can be provided of the number and proportion of male and female childminders by region for 2006 to 2008, however these data are not available at the local authority level, or for earlier years. Table 1 provides the number and proportion of male and female childminders in England from 1998 until 2008. Table 2 provides the number and proportion of male and female childminders in the south-east in 2006 to 2008.
1 The data provided refer to the number and proportion of working childminders. Childminders who were registered but not working are not included.
Male childminders Female childminders Proportion of childminders (Percentage) Number of male childminders (Percentage) Proportion of childminders (Percentage) Number of female childminders 1998 0.5 470 99 92,400 2001 1 400 99 71,900 2003 1 800 99 72,100 2005 2 1,000 98 56,700 2006 2 1,200 98 56,700 2007 1 620 99 59,200 2008 2 900 98 55,300
Male childminders Female childminders Proportion of childminders (Percentage) Number of male childminders Proportion of childminders (Percentage) Number of female childminders 2006 2 200 98 10,800 2007 1 100 99 11,200 2008 3 300 97 10,600