Publication: Household Demand and Community Perceptions of Community-Based Childcare
Date
2022-09
ISSN
Published
2022-09
Author(s)
Brudevold-Newman, Andrew
Buehren, Niklas
Gebremedhin, Roman Tesfaye
Hailemicheal, Adiam Hagos
Ketema, Tigist Assefa
Abstract
Women in Ethiopia bear a
disproportionate burden of childcare responsibilities,
spending approximately eight times the amount of time that
men do on childcare. Childcare duties, while critical to the
development of the child, could be holding back the earning
potential of women and households, ultimately diminishing
household income and poverty reduction efforts. In a study
in the Amhara region, we explore the demand for and social
norms around external childcare services through a pilot
intervention within the context of the Ethiopia Productive
Safety Nets Program (PSNP). We find that the demand for
childcare centers in rural areas is high, and the
perceptions around external childcare services are
favorable. More than 95 percent of potential beneficiary
households expressed an interest in sending their children
to childcare centers and anticipated sending their children
for 4.6 days/week on average. The objective of the study was
to generate rigorous evidence on the impactsof providing
rural childcare through the PSNP on individual and household
outcomes.While the intervention and associated impact
evaluation were suspended due to theconflict in Northern
Ethiopia, the study provided valuable lessons on the demand
for and social norms around external childcare services from
a pre-program survey of 2,250 households in the study region
and administrative attendance data on program use from the
first months of implementation.
Citation
“Brudevold-Newman, Andrew; Buehren, Niklas; Gebremedhin, Roman Tesfaye; Hailemicheal, Adiam Hagos; Ketema, Tigist Assefa. 2022. Household Demand and Community Perceptions of Community-Based Childcare. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38435 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”