Section 0 - Weighting methodology comparison
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Table comparing key stats on group-based providers from 2024, to show the impact of changing the survey weighting methodology to account for provider size
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years provider survey
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 2
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of registered places
- Mean registered places per provider
- Number of booked full-day places
- Filters
- Provider type
- Weighting methodology
- Time period
- 2024
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provider_type | methodology | registered_places | average_registered_places | booked_places | paid_staff | mean_staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | All group-based providers | Old weighting | 1100100 | 53 | 618200 | 277900 | 13.1 |
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | All group-based providers | New weighting | 1049800 | 50 | 581900 | 262900 | 12.4 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| average_registered_places | Mean registered places per provider |
| booked_places | Number of booked full-day places |
| mean_staff | Mean paid staff per provider |
| methodology | Weighting methodology |
| paid_staff | Number of paid childcare staff |
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