Table 5

Mean Willingness to Pay for On-site Childcare by Selected Characteristics

Company ACompany BCompany C

Full Sample

Mean (Rs.)

1919.28

 

1657.93

 

3750.34

 

SD

199.38

 

140.82

 

3264.82

 

n

142

 

92

 

96

 

Newly Hired

Mean (Rs.)

1818.46

 

1500.3

 

2102.49

]***

SD

2176.16

 

1250.25

 

2950.53

n

55

 

25

 

44

Not Newly Hired

Mean (Rs.)

1983.02

 

1716.75

 

5144.68

SD

2504.2

 

1390.72

 

2861.83

n

87

 

67

 

52

Married

Mean (Rs.)

2736.80

]***

1857.51

 

4414.46

]***

SD

2842.16

1108.82

 

3141.72

n

74

35

 

64

Unmarried

Mean (Rs.)

1029.62

1535.38

 

2422.11

SD

1239.78

1475.79

 

3142.30

n

68

57

 

32

Voting "Yes" for on-site childcare

Mean (Rs.)

2136.68

]**

2055.19

]***

3778.12

 

SD

2216.58

1203.65

3272.56

 

n

110

73

90

 

Voting "No" for on-site childcare

Mean (Rs.)

1171.95

131.61

3333.67

 

SD

2766.95

573.65

3415.85

 

n

32

19

6

 

Female employees

Mean (Rs.)

2181.14

]*

1818.55

]*

3618.76

 

SD

2519.84

1122.16

3224.95

 

n

94

66

76

 

Male employees

Mean (Rs.)

1406.47

1250.21

4250.35

 

SD

1991.29

1767.98

3450.98

 

n

48

26

20

 

Having children below 16 years old

Mean (Rs.)

2877.71

]***

1908.27

 

3546.83

 

SD

2747.37

1077.34

 

3373.44

 

n

53

38

 

43

 

Not having children below 16 years old

Mean (Rs.)

1348.53

1481.76

 

3915.46

 

SD

1924.04

1498.53

 

3196.82

 

n

89

54

 

53

 

Graduates

Mean (Rs.)

3864.05

]***

2500.5

 

7065.72

]***

SD

2937.68

0

 

1440.52

n

33

3

 

23

Non Graduates

Mean (Rs.)

1330.49

1629.53

 

2705.77

SD

1818.61

1364.39

 

2968.58

n

109

89

 

73

Employees live less than 10km distance

Mean (Rs.)

2617.52

]***

1800.36

 

4219.16

 

SD

2613.84

1134.12

 

3308.62

 

n

64

50

 

48

 

Employees live more than 10km distance

Mean (Rs.)

1346.36

1488.37

 

3281.57

 

SD

2002.32

1567.76

 

3185.77

 

n

78

42

 

48

 

* Indicates that significant differences were found at the levels denoted below

*Significantly different at 10 percent level

**Significantly different at 5 percent level

***Significantly different at 1 percent level

Source(s): Authors’ calculation based on survey data

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