The proportion of day nursery workers from ethnic minority backgrounds approximates that of the population as a whole (10%).

Source: International Evidence Project 2003

Ethnic minorities in the childcare, education and playwork sector, 2003

Source: Calculations by Heike Behle (IER) using the Labour Force Survey 2003 (SOC 2000 = 612).

The Labour Force survey reveals that for the childcare, education and playwork sector the proportion of white staff is higher than in the overall U.K. workforce. Only 1.2% of the childcare, education and playwork workforce is from an Asian/British Asian background (compared to 4% of the general U.K. workforce).