Data set from Childcare and early years survey of parents

Work factors

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Published 9 July 2026

Last updated 9 July 2026

Factors that influence mothers going into work by broad child ages

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Childcare and early years survey of parents
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 51
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Proportion selecting reason
• Filters:
  • Age of children in family
  • Reason selected
• Time period: 2025

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	age_of_children_in_family	reason	proportion
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Pre-school only	Children at school	10
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Pre-school only	Have reliable childcare	66
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Pre-school only	Relatives help with childcare	41
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Pre-school only	Childcare fits with working hours	37
2025	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Pre-school only	Have good quality childcare	40

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_of_children_in_family	Age of children in family
proportion	Proportion selecting reason
reason	Reason selected

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Footnotes

1. * denotes a percentage value of less than 0.5 but greater than zero.

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