Data Definition: Child Care Dashboard

About Defining Various Data and Numeric Values

Various date used for the dashboard were calculated based on 's "Summary of Nursery Schools, etc. Disclosed by Children and Families Agency" .

Table of Contents

1. & General
   1-1. Number of Applicants
   1-2. Usage Capacity
   1-3. Number of Children Using
   1-4. Number of 4 types of exclusion
   1-5. Number of Children Waiting for a
2. Status of childcare provision system (list of municipalities)
   2-1. Municipal classification of
   2-2. Regional Classification

1. General

The number of preschool children is an indicator of the number of children before entering elementary school. On this dashboard, the number of applicants is classified as demand, so we do not handle the indicator for the number of preschool children.

1-1. Number of Applicants

• Supplement to the index
  • The number of children who received a certification of the need for childcare (item 2 or 3) and applied for the use of specified educational and childcare facilities (excluding the kindergarten function part and kindergartens of certified childcare centers), specified community-based childcare services, and special childcare.
• Data Details
  • The total number of "applicants" disclosed in the Summary of Nursery School-related Situations

1-2. Usage Capacity

• Supplement to the index
  • Capacity of nursery schools, centers for early childhood education and care in coordination with nursery schools, kindergarten-type centers for early childhood education and care, and community-type childcare business (local-discretionary type centers for early childhood education and care, small-scale childcare business, home-style childcare business, employer-provided childcare business, and home-visit childcare business)
• Data Details
  • The total of "nursery schools," "centers for early childhood education and care certified in coordination with nursery schools," "kindergarten-type centers for early childhood education and care, etc.," and "community-based childcare business," which have been published in the summary of the status of nursery schools.

1-3. Number of Child Users

• Supplement to the index
  • Number of children using nursery schools, child care cooperative center for early childhood education and care, kindergarten-type center for early childhood education and care, and community childcare business (local-discretionary type center for early childhood education and care, small-scale childcare business, home-style childcare business, employer-provided childcare business, and home-visit childcare business)
• Data Details
  • The total of "Users of nursery schools," "Users of centers for early childhood education and care in coordination with nursery schools," "Users of kindergarten-type centers for early childhood education and care, etc.," and "Users of community-based childcare services" published in the summary of conditions related to nursery schools.

1-4. Exception 4 Number of types

• Supplement to the index
  • The number of four exclusion categories includes "those on childcare leave," "those who are not actively seeking employment," "those who are using local independent projects," and "those who are seeking only a specific nursery school, etc."
• Data Details
  • Total of "persons using local independent services," "persons on childcare leave," "persons requesting only a specific nursery school, etc.," and "persons suspending job-seeking activities" that have been published in the compilation of nursery school-related situations

1-5. Number of Wait-listed Children

• Supplement to the index
  • The number of applicants for the use of nursery schools, etc., from which the number of users of nursery schools, etc. and the four types of exclusion are excluded. Children who are cared for by the services or facilities listed in (1) to (3) below and are provided with appropriate care at places other than nursery schools, etc., are not included in the number of wait-listed children.
    • (1) Projects to support the operating expenses for the transition to approval by national treasury subsidy projects and projects to support the operating expenses for long hours of Extended Child Care at kindergartens
    • (2) A kindergarten that has been confirmed as a specified educational and childcare facility, or a kindergarten that has not been confirmed but is eligible for a private school Financial Incentive Support or a kindergarten subsidy, and which receives Temporary Child Care Projects (kindergarten type I and II) or a Extended Child Care subsidy
    • (3) Company-led childcare business
• Data Details
  • The total number of "Wait-listed Children" which is disclosed in the Summary of Nursery School-related Situations

2. Status of childcare provision system (list of municipalities)

2-1. Municipality Classification

For municipal classifications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications's "Classification of Local Public Entities," , released by classification.

2-2. Area Classification

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications's "List of Municipalities in Underpopulated Areas (as of April 1, 2022)" published by is used as the classification.