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).