本篇文章運用1991-1997台灣家庭收支調查資料爲樣本來分析 社會及經濟因素對育有學齡前子女的單親及已婚母親在使用兒童照 顧服務及費用方面的影響力。研究結果指出年幼小孩的數目、小孩 年齡、及家庭經濟特質對家庭是否會使用兒童照顧服務的比率及費 用的多寡具有重要的影響力。此外，在使用兒童照顧服務及費用方 面，單親媽媽和已婚母親具有顯著的差異性，此項發現値得未來做 更進一步的研究。

This paper uses demographic and employment data from the 1991-1997 Family Income and Expenditure Survey in Taiwan to analyze the effects of various demographic and economic factors on the use of child care and on the child care expenditures of single and married mothers with pre-school age children. The results indicate that the number and presence of children at particular ages and the family's economic characteristics have important effects on the probability of a family using and paying for child care. In addition, single mothers differ significantly from married mothers in terms of their use of and payment for child care, a finding which merits further research.