Researchers from the UCL Institute of Child Health, the York and Humber Public Health Observatory and the University of York found that children aged three who were from poorer families and whose parents were less educated were more likely to sustain unintentional injuries in informal care than children from more affluent backgrounds.
The report's findings are based on the long-term health and wellbeing of almost 14,000 children born in the UK between 2000 and 2002 who are being tracked as part of the Millennium Cohort Study.
Parents were asked about their childcare arrangements when their child was nine months and three years old, and if they had taken their child to see a doctor regarding an unintentional injury.
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