Who should provide childcare for under school age child

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Source

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

Question People have different views on childcare for children under school age. Who do you think should primarily provide childcare?

[1] family members
[2] government agencies
[3] non-profit organizations (e.g., charitable organizations, churches/religious organizations)
[4] private childcare providers (e.g., private day care center, nanny, babysitter)
[5] 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

Counts by year:

year	iap	family members	government agencies	non-profit organizations (e.g., charitable organizations, churches/religious organizations)	private childcare providers (e.g., private day care center, nanny, babysitter)	employers	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
2012	672	623	86	39	279	76	191	8	-	-	1974
2022	2384	450	109	29	214	108	234	6	10	-	3544
Total	3056	1073	195	68	493	184	425	14	10	0	5518