FIGURE 12.6 Percentage of children with employed mothers, from birth through age 4, in various types of care arrangement In 2010, 54% of children under the age of 5 (more than 11 million) had mothers who were working outside the home. More than half of these children were in care provided by nonrelatives during the hours their mother was at work (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013).