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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableWhMultA1
LabelReason A for using more than one provider
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 4589
1 To give child a variety of people/ environments/ activities 750
2 To give child a balance of social/ play and educational skil 289
3 To get child used to school/education 93
4 Child stayed on at old provider after starting new one 8
5 To give child some time being looked after in a home environ 66
6 Sibling goes to one of the providers 34
7 None of these 879
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009
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