Introduction
We conducted a childcare survey in 2015 and were disappointed by the response we received – just 137 replies. Perhaps not surprisingly, the report we produced was largely ignored because “137 responses are not enough to take seriously.” However, at every unit we visit, the issue of childcare is raised with us. At the same time, our work on spouse employment indicates that the biggest barrier to spouses seeking, achieving and then retaining suitable employment, is childcare.
We also took note of the number of serving personnel and families who said that, having read the 2015 report, they wished they had participated in the survey!
For these reasons, we decided to run the survey again in 2016 and this time we’ve had over 1400 replies. Childcare General Data
A total of 1417 participants took part in the 2016 survey. • 50% of which were serving regular • 48% were non-serving • 2% were reservists
76% of those participating were females.
72% of participants were from non-commissioned families, whilst 24% came from commissioned families 76% of respondents lived in Service Families Accommodation (SFA), whilst 17% lived in their own house
79% of participants were in the 30 and over age group, and 92% were either married or in a civil partnership We had 97 indicated participants from overseas, 71 from Scotland and 27 from Wales The top five participating units/locations were:
Brize Norton 176 participants (12% of the total) Odiham 148 participants (10% of the total) Overseas 97 participants (7% of the total) High Wycombe 81 participants (6% of the total) Cranwell 70 participants (5% of the total)
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