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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Use, Views and Experiences, 2004

Variable Details

VariableWhMultB1
LabelReason for using more than one provider
Responses
1 I need more than one provider because I work/ study 562
2 The provider(s) do not offer enough sessions/ hours 88
3 The provider(s) are not available on all the days I want 137
4 Cost/ financial reasons 122
5 To meet/ keep in touch with other local parents/ children 152
6 Other 80
7 None of these reasons 853
8 Contact with relative enjoyed (as well as formal childcare) 29
98 Refusal 0
99 Don t Know 2
Sysmiss 5777
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Use, Views and Experiences, 2004
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