1. Reasons not using childcare
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The proportion of families who had not used any childcare in the last year selecting various reasons for not doing so.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years survey of parents
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 96
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Proportion selecting each response
- Filters
- Age of children in family
- Reason selected
- Type of reason: choice or constraint
- Time period
- 2023 to 2024
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | age_of_children_in_family | type_of_reason | reason | proportion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Pre-school only | Choice | I would rather look after my child(ren) myself | 60 |
| 2023 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Pre-school only | Choice | I rarely need to be away from my child(ren) | 13 |
| 2023 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Pre-school only | Choice | My child(ren) are old enough to look after themselves | 1 |
| 2023 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Pre-school only | Choice | My child(ren) are too young | 17 |
| 2023 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Pre-school only | Choice | No need to use childcare | 3 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age_of_children_in_family | Age of children in family |
| proportion | Proportion selecting each response |
| reason | Reason selected |
| type_of_reason | Type of reason: choice or constraint |
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