Table 4 Demand for centre-based child-care and relationships with child, care-giver and household characteristics
| Â | Prepared to enrol in centre-based child-care | Prepared to pay for centre-based child-care | Prepared to pay extra to subsidise centre-based child-care for children from low-income families | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI); p-value | N | % (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI); p-value | n | % (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI); p-value | |
All households | 136/215 | 63 (48–76) | NA | 187/222 | 84 (74–91) | NA | 92/169 | 54% (35–73) | NA |
Slum/non-slum status of household | |||||||||
 Non-slum | 27/59 | 46 (24–69) | Ref | 46/62 | 74 (52–89) | Ref | 30/44 | 68% (31–91) | Ref |
 Slum | 109/156 | 70 (56–81) | 3.8 (1.4, 10); 0.016 | 141/160 | 88 (80–93) | 2 (0.8, 4.9); 0.1 | 62/125 | 50% (32–67) | 0.6 (0.3, 1.1); 0.08 |
Age (child) | |||||||||
 3.5 to < 5 | 43/89 | 48 (31–66) | Ref | 73/93 | 78 (70–85) | Ref | 44/70 | 63% (37–83) | Ref |
 1 to < 3.5 | 93/126 | 74 (61–84) | 2.9 (1.4, 6.2); 0.013 | 114/129 | 88 (70–96) | 1.9 (0.5, 6.8); 0.25 | 48/99 | 48% (31–67) | 0.6 (0.2, 1.1); 0.11 |
Sex (child) | |||||||||
 Female | 63/105 | 60 (40–77) | Ref | 91/108 | 84 (75–91) | Ref | 47/83 | 57% (34–77) | Ref |
 Male | 73/110 | 66 (54–76) | 1.7 (0.9, 3.3); 0.1 | 96/114 | 84 (68–93) | 1.4 (0.9, 5.4); 0.56 | 45/86 | 52% (34–70) | 0.9 (0.5, 1.7); 0.68 |
Need secondary care-giver | |||||||||
 No | 87/148 | 59 (43–73) | Ref | 124/152 | 82 (71–89) | Ref | 60/111 | 54% (40–68) | Ref |
 Yes | 46/63 | 73 (52–87) | 2.4 (1.1, 5.2); 0.032 | 60/66 | 91 (80–96) | 2.2 (0.9, 5.4); 0.07 | 30/55 | 55% (24–82) | 1 (0.3, 4); 0.94 |
Primary care-giver (PCG) working | |||||||||
 No | 112/177 | 63 (47–77%) | Ref | 155/184 | 84 (71–92) | Ref | 77/136 | 57% (36–75%) | Ref |
 Yes | 24/38 | 63 (45–78) | 0.6 (0.3, 1.2); 0.11 | 32/38 | 84 (72–92) | 0.6 (0.2, 1.9); 0.35 | 15/33 | 45% (29–63%) | 0.7 (0.3, 1.5); 0.27 |
PCG ever missed work due to lack of childcare | |||||||||
 No | 95/153 | 62 (48–74) | Ref | 131/158 | 83 (73–90) | Ref | 68/118 | 58% (40–74) | Ref |
 Yes | 39/53 | 74 (52–88) | 1.1 (0.4, 2.8); 0.83 | 48/53 | 91 (81–96) | 1.4 (0.7, 2.9); 0.26 | 17/44 | 39% (14–70) | 0.5 (0.2, 1.7); 0.23 |
PCG education status | |||||||||
 Literate | 108/174 | 66% (48–80) | Ref | 151/181 | 83 (7–91) | Ref | 78/135 | 58% (34–78) | Ref |
 Illiterate | 28/41 | 62 (48–74) | 0.8 (0.3, 2.1); 0.66 | 36/41 | 88 (58–97) | 1 (0.2, 5.9); 0.97 | 14/34 | 41% (31–52) | 0.5 (0.2, 1.1); 0.08 |