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

13   Children age 1-5 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 (weighted) Total (unweighted)
  Shorter daily stay One or more days off per week Combination Shorter daily stay One or more days off per week Combination
All 4 8 9 19 31 30  100 1 735
                 
Age                
1 year 7 8 13 18 27 26  100  320
2 years 2 8 11 21 30 28  100  419
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 4 8 12 20 30 26  100  981
Two or more children 4 14 11 10 33 27  100 71
                 
Number of children under age 6 in the household                
One child 5 6 9 19 29 32  100  800
Two children 4 8 9 18 33 27  100  819
Three or more children 0 10 13 22 20 35  100  116
                 
Family type                
Single parent without work income 2 8 15 28 7 40  100 59
Single parent with work income 2 6 12 23 27 30  100 75
Married/cohabiting parents with one work income 6 12 11 22 25 24  100  357
Married/cohabiting parents with two work incomes 4 7 8 17 33 31 69 1 201
                 
Mother's education                
Primary 5 15 11 23 23 23  100 95
Secondary 5 9 12 15 31 28  100  889
University/college 3 5 6 22 32 33  100  723
                 
Household income                
Under 200 000 NKr 4 7 18 20 17 35  100  127
200 000-399 999 NKr 4 11 12 18 28 27  100  419
400 000-599 999 NKr 4 7 9 16 36 28  100  806
600 000 NKr or more 3 5 5 26 26 35  100  380
                 
Mother's employment schedule                
Ordinary day work 2 4 7 23 30 35  100  619
Evening or night work 1 9 15 14 38 23  100 62
Shift work 5 7 7 11 39 31  100  247
Other schedules 5 13 17 10 32 23  100  127
Paid or unpaid leave 6 6 9 16 34 30  100  305
Not employed 6 13 12 23 22 25  100  374
                 
Mother's weekly working hours                
1-19 hours 4 10 13 13 34 27  100  231
20-34 hours 3 6 9 14 35 32  100  455
35-44 hours 1 4 5 26 29 35  100  331
45 hours or more 11 6 13 24 22 24  100 38
Paid or unpaid leave 6 6 9 16 34 30  100  305
Not employed 6 13 12 23 22 25  100  374
                 
Mother's country of birth                
Norway 4 8 9 18 32 29  100 1 605
Rest of Europe, North and Central America, Oceania 6 0 7 30 19 38  100 77
Africa, Asia, South-America 13 1 11 39 6 29  100 51
                 
Region                
Akershus and Oslo 5 2 3 43 11 36  100  282
Hedmark and Oppland 4 14 6 7 44 26  100  158
Rest of Østlandet 4 4 9 15 36 31  100  279
Agder and Rogaland 4 13 15 15 30 23  100  299
Western Norway 6 7 10 17 31 30  100  329
Trøndelag 2 9 11 14 31 33  100  222
Northern Norway 2 8 8 15 39 29  100  166

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