the purpose of this indicator is to assess the extent to which child care can be used by employed persons international agreements and conventions ilo convention workers with family responsibilities no household child care this indicator measures the actual use of childcare by calculating the percentage of employed persons with children under compulsory school age according to national circumstances three types of child care from outside the household can be distinguished family informal childcare from parents grandparents or other family members living outside the household nonfamily formal childcare by a nanny childminder or babysitter in the childs home