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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableCWrkCarM
LabelMost important childcare arrangement that helps resp work
Responses
1 We have reliable free/cheap childcare 387
2 Has good quality childcare 573
3 Has childcare which fits with my working hours 353
4 Has childcare which fits husband/wife/partner s work hrs 86
5 Child(ren) is/are at school 652
6 Child(ren) is/are old enough to look after themselves 72
7 I work when my husband/wife/partner is not working 208
8 My husband/wife/partner is able to help with childcare 238
9 Relatives are able to help with childcare 397
10 Friends are able to help with the childcare 27
11 My employer provides/pays for some/all of my childcare 3
12 My husband/wife/partner s employer provides Ccare 6
13 We get help with the costs of childcare through tax credits 44
14 Other 17
15 None of these reasons 374
-9 Don't know 27
-8 Refusal 2
-1 3610
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2008
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