Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003

Variable Details

Variableamotca00
LabelS1 MAIN Any childcare at other times
Question text ^Apart from when you are at work does anyone else apart from yourself ^and your partner regularly look after ^Jack?
Responses
1 Yes 4442
2 No 14089
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-1 Not applicable 21
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
Interviewer Instructions^Apart from when you are at work does = ‘Apart from when you are at work does’ if working (not on leave) [MACT=1,3 AND REWK<>2]. ‘Apart from when you are at college’ if full time student [MACT=4]; otherwise ‘Does’.
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.