Deep Dive: Child care impacting Connecticut employment, experts say

The job industry is still being impacted by so many things including child care.

News 12 Staff

Apr 1, 2022, 10:01 AM

Updated 930 days ago

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The job industry is still being impacted by so many things including child care.
The pandemic and inflation are causing an issue with child care which also takes a toll on Connecticut's unemployment numbers.
Caleb Silver with Investopedia says January saw unemployment rates statewide of 5.3% which was higher than the 3.8% national average.
However, unemployment rates in Connecticut's individual counties all trended below the national average.
New Haven saw a 5.2% unemployment rate, Hartford saw 5%, Fairfield County saw 4.9%, and Litchfield County saw 4.7%.
According to the latest U.S. Bureau Household survey, 11.2% of women say in the past four weeks they have lost income, or a household member has lost income due to child care issues.