Hours of childcare used during holidays
Datafile
Variable note:
Only the number of hours for the three most in-term (wrkch3*) and out-of-term (wrkch8*) childcare arrangements were collected, whilst the nature of the arrangements was not collected due to a script error. Data on the hours and nature of arrangement is available from IP5 onwards and with structural changes from IP7 onwards.
Question asked in the latest wave:
childcare_ip13.wrkch8
Question label:
Hours in ccare during school holidays
Question text:
How many hours per week does [CHILD NAME] usually spend being looked after by [MostUse/Wrkch7] during school holidays?
Question universe:
if GRIDVARIABLES.Nch14Resp > 0 (Number of children aged under 15 that respondent is responsible for)
and if CCare = 1 (Uses childcare)
and if Wrkch1a = 2 (Has different childcare provider in school holidays)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF DON’T KNOW/CAN’T REMEMBER, PROBE FOR ESTIMATE IF ONLY USE OCCASIONALLY (E.G. ONCE A MONTH) ENTER 0
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 192 | 100.0% |
| Total | 192 | 100.0% |
| Valid Observations | 0 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 229 | 100.0% |
| Total | 229 | 100.0% |
| Valid Observations | 0 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 331 | 100.0% |
| Total | 331 | 100.0% |
| Valid Observations | 0 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 233 | 100.0% |
| Total | 233 | 100.0% |
| Valid Observations | 0 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 224 | 100.0% |
| Total | 224 | 100.0% |
| Valid Observations | 0 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 225 | 100.0% |
| Total | 225 | 100.0% |
| Valid Observations | 0 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 193 | 91.9% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.48% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 16 | 7.62% |
| Total | 210 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.88 | 194 | 0 | 30.0 | 9.82 | 16 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 173 | 85.22% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.49% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 29 | 14.29% |
| Total | 203 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.07 | 174 | 0 | 48.0 | 12.68 | 29 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 254 | 90.71% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 26 | 9.29% |
| Total | 280 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.27 | 254 | 0 | 96.0 | 21.52 | 26 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 186 | 88.15% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 25 | 11.85% |
| Total | 211 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.24 | 186 | 0 | 40.0 | 12.51 | 25 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 47 | 85.45% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 8 | 14.55% |
| Total | 55 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.88 | 47 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 5.59 | 8 |



