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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableWPartB3
LabelReason sel child did not attend Nursery Education every weekday
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 6661
1 Cannot afford any more 3
2 Provider not flexible enough/ cannot accept child every day 5
3 Could not get a state nursery place 0
4 Prefer to have child at home some of the time 6
5 Child is too young to go every day 14
6 I only need to use it on these days/I only work on certain d 15
7 Prefer to have child with other relatives some of the time 2
8 Transport difficulties to get to provider 0
9 Child was unwell 1
10 Other one-off occurrence 0
97 Other 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009
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