Exploring Approaches to Assess Unmet Need

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Exploring Approaches to Assess Unmet Need

On Child Care Markets

Implications of Localized Child Care Markets

Demand

On the Relationship between Supply and Demand

Measuring Unmet Need for Child Care

Unmet Need

Our Operational Definition of Unmet Need

Making Adjustments

A simplified method to estimate unmet need for child care services across local communities

Our Simplified Methodology

Steps We Followed

Steps (continued)

Steps (continued)

Rating Scale Used to Measure Unmet Need

Steps (continued)

Rating Scale for the Number of Preschool Slots

Steps (continued)

Policy Implications of this practical approach to estimating unmet need