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	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	5518