Families' child-care preferences, labour force participation, and use of cash-for-care

12   Children age 3-5 for whom the mother prefers kindergarten or has applied for kindergarten for fall 2002, by preferred type of part-time stay in kindergarten. Per cent.
  Short part-time (0-16 hours) Long part-time (17-32 hours)      All      Total
  Shorter daily stay One or more days off per week Combination Shorter daily stay One or more days off per week Combination
All 4 7 8 19 31 31  100  996
                 
Age                
3 years 5 8 7 19 29 32  100  361
4 years 4 6 8 19 35 28  100  334
5 years 2 8 9 18 31 32  100  301
                 
Number of children age 1-2 in the household                
None 4 7 7 18 31 33  100  683
One child 3 9 11 20 32 25  100  304
Two or more children : : : : : : : 9
                 
Number of children under age 6 in the household                
One child 5 6 7 19 31 32  100  422
Two children 4 8 8 18 33 29  100  499
Three or more children 0 8 12 23 23 35  100 75
                 
Family type                
Single parent without work income 3 8 14 25 8 42  100 36
Single parent with work income 0 6 8 26 28 32  100 50
Married/cohabiting parents with one work income 7 13 8 23 26 23  100  182
Married/cohabiting parents with two work incomes 3 6 8 16 34 32  100  704
                 
Mother's education                
Primary 6 13 11 24 26 20  100 54
Secondary 5 9 10 15 32 29  100  534
University/college 2 4 6 22 32 34  100  395
                 
Household income                
Under 200 000 NOK 4 6 14 20 17 39  100 70
200 000-399 999 NOK 3 11 10 18 29 29  100  265
400 000-599 999 NOK 4 7 7 15 37 29  100  448
600 000 NOK or more 3 5 6 25 27 34  100  212
                 
Mother's employment schedule                
Ordinary day work 1 4 6 22 29 37  100  372
Evening or night work 0 11 13 13 37 26  100 38
Shift work 5 6 6 11 41 31  100  150
Other schedules 6 12 16 8 34 24  100 86
Paid or unpaid leave 5 6 7 17 36 29  100  155
Not employed 7 13 10 24 23 24  100  194
                 
Mother's weekly working hours                
1-19 hours 4 10 13 13 33 27  100  132
20-34 hours 3 5 8 13 35 35  100  282
35-44 hours 0 4 4 25 31 35  100  207
45 hours or more 12 8 12 20 24 24  100 25
Paid or unpaid leave 5 6 7 17 36 29  100  155
Not employed 7 13 10 24 23 24  100  194
                 
Mother's country of birth                
Norway 3 8 8 17 33 30  100  921
Rest of Europe, North and Central America, Oceania 7 0 5 26 16 47  100 43
Africa, Asia, South-America 16 0 10 48 6 19  100 31
                 
Region                
Akershus and Oslo 5 1 2 44 10 39  100  150
Hedmark and Oppland 5 11 4 7 46 28  100 83
Rest of Østlandet 4 5 6 16 36 33  100  156
Agder and Rogaland 4 13 15 14 31 23  100  192
Western Norway 6 6 9 16 34 30  100  187
Trøndelag 1 9 12 13 32 33  100  138
Northern Norway 1 8 7 14 40 30  100 90

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