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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableWPartB2
LabelReason sel child did not attend main provider every weekday
Responses
1 Cannot afford any more 16
2 Provider not flexible enough/ cannot accept child every day 17
3 Could not get a state nursery place 4
4 Prefer to have child at home some of the time 64
5 Child is too young to go every day 53
6 I only need to use it on these days/I only work on certain d 40
7 Prefer to have child with other relatives some of the time 1
8 Transport difficulties to get to provider 0
9 Child was unwell 2
10 Other one-off occurrence 0
97 Other reasons 14
-9 Don't know 0
-8 Refusal 0
-1 6865
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2008
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