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Statistics Publication Notice Education and Training Series: Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2008

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Table 8: Ages of children on the register of pre-school or childcare centres or attending a childminder during census week, by main service type, January 2008

Age

Childminder

Main service

Total childcare centres

TOTAL

Nursery

Playgroup

Out of school club

Breakfast club

Creche

Children/ family centre

Sitter service

Holiday play- scheme

No single main service

Unknown

0

1,380

2,940

90

10

0

810

330

10

0

40

0

4,230

5,610

1

3,530

9,450

260

20

0

1,060

820

50

0

110

0

11,770

15,300

2

4,110

14,090

4,020

40

10

1,710

1,400

50

0

230

0

21,550

25,650

3

3,300

42,000

5,610

80

10

1,360

1,550

60

0

320

50

51,030

54,320

4

2,710

48,520

1,730

270

0

1,040

1,160

50

0

300

50

53,120

55,830

5

1,930

3,930

110

3,870

20

350

120

60

10

140

60

8,660

10,590

6

1,870

1,130

20

4,510

10

310

70

50

10

120

20

6,250

8,120

7

1,490

940

20

4,900

10

220

80

50

60

140

60

6,490

7,980

8

1,230

900

10

4,740

10

170

70

60

40

110

40

6,140

7,370

9

1,160

780

10

4,580

10

70

90

40

60

150

70

5,850

7,010

10

1,100

650

10

3,970

10

50

60

50

60

100

40

4,990

6,080

11

790

450

10

2,840

0

10

40

50

40

70

10

3,510

4,300

12 or over

640

80

10

690

0

20

170

110

110

160

0

1,360

2,000

Unknown

0

7,190

880

3,910

0

940

340

0

230

430

0

13,930

13,930

TOTAL

25,240

133,030

12,780

34,420

80

8,120

6,270

700

640

2,430

400

198,860

224,090

Total as reported

25,240

128,490

11,960

31,380

80

7,120

6,050

640

350

2,110

0

188,170

213,410

Notes:
Children are counted once for each centre and/or childminder they attend.
Childminder figures are based on a sample of registered childminders. The data have been weighted up to the total number of registered childminders in Scotland listed by the Commission, excluding those that are inactive (5,580). This is a change from 2007, when the number of inactive childminders was estimated from the sample. More detail on the methodology used is available in the background notes.
370 centres did not provide information on the number of children attending. Where centres provided information in 2007 the number of children has been carried forward to 2008 (169 centres). Where centres did not provide information in 2007, the median number for all other centres has been applied, broken down by main service type (201 centres). This is a change from previous publications, where the average number for all other centres was applied. The median has been used to avoid any bias caused by outliers in the data and to make the measures used in the publication consistent throughout. For this reason, figures for 2008 are not comparable with those from previous years.
All figures are rounded to the nearest 10 to express the uncertainty inherent in these estimates. For this reason, totals may not exactly equal the sum of their parts.

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