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Who should pay for costs of care for under school age child

Source: R/gss_vars_489.R
carecost.Rd

carecost

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age?

Values

  • [1] the family

  • [2] the government/public funds

  • [3] the employers

  • [NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/-2022
A/B2012

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for carecost.

Counts by year:

yeariapthe familythe government/public fundsthe employersdon't knowno answerskipped on webnot available in this yearTotal
2012672846167732088--1974
2022238452028114520059-3544
Total3056136644821840813905518

See also

Other ISSP Family & Gender Roles: careprov, eldersup, eldhelp, famwkbst, famwklst, kidsocst, paidlv, paidlvdv, paidlvpy

Other Spending: careprov