Introduction -- The military child care system -- The system provides significant subsidies for CDC use -- The system provides special preference for dual military and single parent families -- The DOD child care demand formula -- Objectives -- Measures of child care need -- Child care use -- Unmet need for care -- Unmet preference -- Child care and military readiness -- Likelihood of leaving the military due to child care issues -- The DOD formula and child care outcomes -- Methodology -- Organization of the report -- Examining DOD child care demand formula assumptions -- Data -- Assumptions -- Factors not included in formula -- Issues examined in this study -- Accuracy of the child care formula estimate -- Military child care survey.
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