Research examining the relationship between children’s development at ages five and eight and the use of childcare at earlier ages using Understanding Society data

Publication type

Report

Series Number

552/2025

Series

Social Research

Author

Publication date

June 16, 2025

Summary:

The research drew on a large representative survey of UK households, the Understanding Society (USoc) survey.

In all analyses, no differences in average socio-emotional behaviours and difficulties at ages five and eight years were found between children who did and did not use childcare at earlier ages, even when isolating this relationship and allowing for the interaction between childcare use and household income.

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Link

https://www.gov.wales/relationship-between-childrens-development-and-use-childcare

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