Summary information
Study title
Day Care Services for Children, 1990
Creator
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division
Study number / PID
3459 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-3459-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The aim of this survey was to look at day care services for children in order to find out: the pattern of use of day care services by parents for their children; satisfaction with the facilities and preferences for alternative arrangements.
Main Topics:
A. Pre-school children
Pattern of use of services; preferences for services; care by relatives; care by non-relatives in domestic settings; playgroups; nursery schools/classes; day nurseries; parent and toddler groups.
B. School children
Pattern of use of services; preferences for services; care by relatives; care by non-relatives; infant and primary schools; afterschool facilities and holiday arrangements.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/10/1990 - 01/12/1990
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
National
Child care facilities
Children
Mothers
Universe
Children aged 0-7 years inclusive in England.
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1995
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- Meltzer, H. (1994) Day care services for children :: a survey carried on behalf of the Department of Health in 1990, London: HMSO.ISBN 0116915765 | 9780116915764