To address a gap in the existing research, this snapshot analyzes 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) data to examine how parents with and without nontraditional-hour (NTH) schedules rate different types of care.

Key findings:

• Compared with young children in traditional-hour care only, higher shares of those in NTH care had parents who rated friend and relative care as excellent on safety and affordability.
• Fewer young children in NTH care had parents who rated center-based care as excellent overall (13 percent) compared with those in traditional-hour care only (18 percent).
• The parents of both children in NTH care and children in only traditional-hour care were more likely to rate center-based care than friend and neighbor care as excellent in preparing children to learn in school.