The awareness of the government funded early education for two-year-olds of families with a two-year-old.

Awareness of the entitlement to government funded early education for 2-year-olds, for families with a 2-year-old

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 selecting the changes to childcare arrangements that would make it better suited to their needs by family annual income and rurality.

Changes to childcare provision that would make it better suited to parents

The proportion of mothers in paid work selecting the childcare arrangements that helped them go out to work.

Childcare arrangements that helped mothers to go out to work, mothers of children aged 0-14 in paid work

The proportion of families using the 30 hours offer who believe the 30 hours has had that impact on work.

Families using the 30 hours offer and their perceptions of the impact of the offer on work

The frequency with which all children aged 0 to 5 engage in home learning activities with someone at home.

Frequency with which children engage in home learning activities with someone at home

The proportion of children aged 0-14 using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare in the most recent term time week by year.

Percentage of children aged 0-14 using childcare providers in the most recent term time week, 2010 to 2021

The proportion of children aged 0-4 using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare in the most recent term time week by year.

Percentage of children aged 0-4 using childcare providers in the most recent term time week, 2010 to 2021 

The proportion of families with children aged 0-14 using any childcare, formal childcare and informal childcare by year.

Percentage of families using childcare providers among families with children aged 0 to 14 years, 2010 to 2021

Percentage of families using childcare providers among families with children aged 0 to 4 years, 2010 to 2021

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 who are aware of the 15 hours offer for 3 to 4 year olds by family annual income,  age of children in family and area deprivation.

Percentage of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 aware of the 15 hours offer for 3 and 4-year-olds

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 who are aware of the 30hours offer for 3 to 4 year olds by family annual income, age of children in family and area deprivation.

Percentage of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 aware of the 30 hours offer

The proportion of families engaging in home learning activities at least once a day, 2017, 2019 and 2021 among children aged 0 - 4 years

Percentage of families with children aged 0-4 engaging in home learning activities at least once a day, 2017 to 2021

The proportion of families with school-aged children using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare, no childcare during school holidays by year.

Percentage of families with school-age children using childcare during school holidays, 2008 to 2021

The proportion of families who paid for childcare in the last week who found it difficult or very difficult to meet their childcare costs by age of children in family and year.

Percentage of parents finding it difficult or very difficult to meet their childcare costs, 2008 to 2021

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 rating the affordability of local childcare as very or fairly good over time.

Percentage of parents rating the affordability of local childcare as very or fairly good, 2008 to 2021

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 rating the quality of local childcare as very or fairly good over time.

Percentage of parents rating the quality of local childcare as very or fairly good, 2008 to 2021

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 rating the availability of local childcare as ‘about right’ over time.

Percentage of parents saying the availability of local childcare places is ‘about right’, 2008 to 2021

The perception of the affordability of local childcare by all families with children aged 0 to 14, over time.

Perceptions of the affordability local childcare provision, 2004 to 2021, all families with children aged 0 to 14

The perception of the availability of local childcare by all families with children aged 0 to 14, over time

Perceptions of the availability of local childcare provision, 2004 to 2021, all families with children aged 0 to 14	

The perception of the level of information about childcare in the local area by all families with children aged 0 to 14, over time.

Perceptions of the level of information about childcare in the local area, 2004 to 2021, all families with children aged 0 to 14

The perception of the availability of local childcare by all families with children aged 0 to 14, over time.

Perceptions of the quality of local childcare provision, 2004 to 2021, all families with children aged 0 to 14	

The proportion of families who had not used any childcare in the last year selecting the reasons for not doing so.

Reasons for not using childcare in the last year

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Proportion

The proportion of children aged 0-4 using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare in the most recent term time week by year.&nbsp;The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used.<ul><li>The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years.</li><li>Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-&nbsp;Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child.</li><li>Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.</li></ul>

Percentage of children aged 0-4 using childcare providers in the most recent term time week, 2010 to 2021

The proportion of children aged 0-14 using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare in the most recent term time week by year.&nbsp;The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used.<ul><li>The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years.</li><li>Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-&nbsp;Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child.</li><li>Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.</li></ul>

The proportion of families with school-aged children using any childcare, formal childcare, informal childcare, no childcare during school holidays by year.&nbsp;The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used.<ul><li>The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years.</li><li>Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-&nbsp;Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child.</li><li>Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.</li></ul>

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 who are aware of the 15 hours offer for 3 to 4 year olds by family type, family work status, family annual income, number of children in family, age of children in family, area deprivation and rurality.&nbsp;

Percentage of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 aware of the 15 hours offer

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 4 who are aware of the 30hours offer for 3 to 4 year olds by family type, family work status, family annual income, number of children in family, age of children in family, area deprivation and rurality.&nbsp;

The proportion of families using the 30 hours offer who believe the 30 hours has had that impact on work.

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 and their perceptions of local childcare by year.

Perceptions of local childcare provision, 2004 to 2021

The proportion of families who paid for childcare in the last week who found it difficult or very difficult to meet their childcare costs by age of children in family and year.&nbsp;

The proportion of families engaging in home learning activities at least once a day, 2017, 2019 and 2021 among children aged 0 - 4 years.

Percentage of families with children aged 0-4 engaging in home learning activities at least once a day

The proportion of mothers in paid work selecting the childcare arrangements that helped them go out to work.

Childcare arrangements that helped mothers to go out to work

The proportion of families who had not used any childcare in the last year selecting the reasons for not doing so.

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 selecting the changes to childcare arrangements that would make it better suited to their needs by family annual income and rurality.

Changes to childcare provision that would make it better suited to parents’ needs by age of children in the family

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 rating the affordability of local childcare as very or fairly good over time.

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 rating the quality of local childcare as very or fairly good over time.

The awareness of the government funded early education for two-year-olds of families with a two-year-old.

Awareness of the entitlement to government funded early education for 2-year-olds

The frequency with which all children aged 0 to 5 engage in home learning activities with someone at home.&nbsp;

The proportion of families with child(ren) aged 0 to 14 rating the availability of local childcare as ‘about right’ over time.

The proportion of families with children aged 0-4 using any childcare, formal childcare &nbsp;and informal childcare by year.&nbsp;The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used.<ul><li>The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years.</li><li>Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-&nbsp;Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child.</li><li>Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.</li></ul>

The proportion of families with children aged 0-14 using any childcare, formal childcare &nbsp;and informal childcare by year.&nbsp;The Technical Report which accompanies this report provides further methodological information on the survey design, sample, fieldwork, data analysis, interpretation, weighting and definitions used.<ul><li>The survey uses a broad definition of ‘childcare’: Parents were asked to include any time that the child was not with a resident parent, a resident parent’s current (or ex-) husband, wife, or partner, or at school. In order to remind parents to include all possible people or organisations that may have looked after their children, they were shown a list of childcare providers: nursery schools, nursery classes, reception classes, special day schools, day nurseries, playgroups, childminders, nannies or au-pairs, baby-sitters, breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs, grandparents, older brother/sisters, other relatives, friends or neighbours. Estimates for the use of ‘any childcare’ and ‘informal childcare’ prior to the 2019 wave include ex-husbands/wives/partners as a form of childcare, and this should be borne in mind when making comparisons across survey years.</li><li>Detailed information about childcare was collected for one ‘reference child’ in each household-&nbsp;Because of the constraint of interview length, detailed information on the use and needs of all children in the family could not be collected (unless the child was an only child). Rather, in families where there were two or more children, we obtained a broad picture about the childcare arrangements of all children, before asking more detailed questions about one randomly selected child.</li><li>Detailed information was collected for childcare use during term-time periods: As childcare arrangements may vary between school term-time and school holidays, most of the questions focused on a reference term-time week (which was the most recent term-time week). A separate set of questions was asked about the use of childcare during the school holidays.</li></ul>

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