Selection of Canadian Childcare Arrangements by Immigration Status

This paper explores the relationship between nativity status and childcare arrangements. By employing a logistic regression model to study Canadian household data, I find that immigrants are between 1.2 and 2 times more likely to use parental childcare arrangements than their non-immigrant counterparts. The magnitude of the coefficient on their nativity status varies between the two years 2006 and 2011, as well as the different household income groups. These findings illustrate issues in varying effectiveness of policy intervention designed to address childcare use between immigrant and non-immigrant households.