In 2013, about 76% of all Swedish children under 7 years old used public ECEC services, a proportion that climbs to roughly 87% if the under Is - most of whom are cared for at home by parents on parental leave - are discounted. Home-based family day care services are available, but their use has declined since the mid-1980s - in 2013, they accounted for only around 2% of children aged 0to5 (OECD, 2005, 2015g). Instead, the large majority of young children attend day care institutions w'ith care provided in groups of around 17 on average (SCB, 2015; Skolverket, 2015; OECD, 2015g).