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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003

Variable Details

Variableamcawmaa
LabelS1 MAIN Childcare while at work/college C1 MC1
Question text How ^is ^Jack looked after while you are at ^work? PROBE: Does anyone else look after ^Jack while you are at ^work? Response 1 (1st child)
Responses
1 Respondent his/herself 374
2 Husband/Wife/Partner 2318
3 Baby s non-resident father/mother 60
4 Your Mother 2104
5 Your father 59
6 Your partner s mother 563
7 Your partner s father 16
8 Baby s non-resident father s/mother s mother 26
9 Baby s non-resident father s/mother s father 1
10 Other relatives 354
11 Friends/neighbours 153
12 Live-in nanny/au pair 12
13 Other nanny/au pair 128
14 Registered childminder 591
15 Unregistered childminder 141
16 Workplace/college nursery/creche 92
17 Local Authority day nursery/creche 43
18 Private day nursery/creche 827
51 Other/At place of work (respondent is a childcare worker) 4
52 Other/Baby comes with me to work 9
85 Other answer (not codeable 1-18, 51-52) 2
86 Irrelevant response 1
95 Other (SPECIFY) 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 27
-1 Not applicable 10647
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseThe sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort<br><br>Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).<br><br>The population of eligible live births was selected from a random sample of electoral wards, disproportionately stratified to ensure adequate representation of all four UK countries, deprived areas and those with high concentrations of black and Asian families. See documentation for further details.
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