Wording of parent-reported child care assistance questions and associated response categories, across survey datasets

Data source	Question(s)
ECLS-B11	“Do any of the following people or organizations help to pay for [CHILD’S PRIMARY CARE ARRANGEMENT]? How about…”
	• A social service or welfare agency
ECLS-K12	“Did any of the following people or organizations help to pay for this…provider to care for [CHILD]…”
	• A social service agency or welfare office
FFCWS13	“Do you receive money, a voucher, or a scholarship to help pay for [CHILD’S] care?”
	“Who or what agency gives you money or the voucher or scholarship?”
	• Government agency
NSAF14	“Did any person or agency help pay for part of [CHILD’S] child care?”
	“What person or agencies paid for or provided child care for [CHILD] so that you didn’t have to pay for it?”
	• Welfare agency, income maintenance, social service agency, family service, or child care resource and referral agency
SIPP	“Did anyone help you pay for all or part of the cost of any child care arrangements for [CHILD]? By this I mean a government agency, an employer, or a friend.”
	“Who or what agency helped pay for this arrangement?”
	• Government (Federal, state, or local government agency, or welfare office)
NHES ECPP	“Did you receive help from any of the following sources to pay for child care?”
	• TANF agency
	• Social service, welfare, or child care agency

Note. Data sources with footnotes indicate that the data source and associated subsidy question(s) has been used in existing, published research. Data sources without footnotes are those on which no published studies exist, but are included in this list to demonstrate continuity across datasets.