Table A1. Construction of childcare...

Table A1.

Construction of childcare variables

Variable M3	Variable M4	Variable M5
Do you regularly use professional childcare services for your own children or your partner's children under 15 years old, whether they reside inside or outside the home	If M3 is NO: Main reason why you don't usually use professional childcare services for your own children or your partner's children under 15 years old	If M4 is NO NEED, reason: The main reason why he/she doesn't need or isn't interested in professional childcare services for their own children or their partner's children under 15 years old
1.Yes: Yes, for all their children under 15 years old
2. Occasionally Yes, but not for all their children under 15 years old
3. No	1. Unavailability: There are no accessible services or no vacancies available
	2. Expensive: There are two expensive
	3. Bad Quality: The quality or type of available services
	4. Bad schedule: The opening hours do not meet the household's needs
	5. Other reasons: Other reasons related to the available childcare services
	6. No need: he/she doesn't need or isn't interested in professional childcare services	1. Parents do it: He/she organizes childcare either alone or with their partner
		2. Family Support He/she organizes childcare with the help of grandparents, relatives, or friends

Variable M3	Variable M4	Variable M5
Do you regularly use professional childcare services for your own children or your partner's children under 15 years old, whether they reside inside or outside the home	If M3 is NO:Main reason why you don't usually use professional childcare services for your own children or your partner's children under 15 years old	If M4 is NO NEED, reason:The main reason why he/she doesn't need or isn't interested in professional childcare services for their own children or their partner's children under 15 years old
1.Yes:Yes, for all their children under 15 years old
2. OccasionallyYes, but not for all their children under 15 years old
3. No	1. Unavailability:There are no accessible services or no vacancies available
	2. Expensive:There are two expensive
	3. Bad Quality:The quality or type of available services
	4. Bad schedule:The opening hours do not meet the household's needs
	5. Other reasons:Other reasons related to the available childcare services
	6. No need:he/she doesn't need or isn't interested in professional childcare services	1. Parents do it:He/she organizes childcare either alone or with their partner
		2. Family SupportHe/she organizes childcare with the help of grandparents, relatives, or friends

Note:

M3, M4, and M5 are the variable names within the database. We categorize “childcare services” under the blue color. It includes parents regularly using professional services (not related to compulsory education) for the care of their own children or their partner’s children under 15 years of age, whether they reside inside or outside the household. The category childcare restrictions in red color is related to the primary reason for not regularly using professional services for childcare. The last two categories are related to the reasons for not needing or being uninterested in professional services for childcare: “Parents childcare” under orange color implies that each parent arranges childcare alone or with her partner, and “family support” in green color implies that parents organize childcare with the assistance of grandparents, relatives, or friends

Source: Authors’ own creation

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