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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableFreeXt28
LabelWhy didn't Person 4 have any more free hours that week?
Responses
1 More hours would have to be paid for 29
2 The setting had no extra sessions available 20
3 The setting had extra sessions available but not at convenie 0
4 The setting is difficult to get to 2
5 (child name) is too young to go for longer 5
6 (child name) would be unhappy going for longer 1
7 I didn t need childcare for (child name) for longer 24
8 One off circumstance (e.g. holiday, sickness) 14
9 Other 15
-9 Don't know 2
-8 Refusal 0
-1 6964
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2008
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