Section 4 - Hours per week spent in formal childcare by region
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Average hours of formal childcare used in a typical week. Data is given for all respondents (Total) and broken down by regions in England.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Expansion to early childcare entitlements: Childcare Experiences Survey
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 10
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Mean hours of childcare used per week
- Median hours of childcare used per week
- Time period
- 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | mean_weekly_hours | median_weekly_hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 24.6 | 23 | ||
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 21 | 18 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 25.8 | 25 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | 23.5 | 21 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | 24.8 | 24 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| mean_weekly_hours | Mean hours of childcare used per week |
| median_weekly_hours | Median hours of childcare used per week |
Footnotes
- Due to the extremely small sample size, respondents using more than 70 hours of childcare per week were considered outliers and excluded from analysis.
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