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Subsidies for nannies

5 May 2015

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Federal Governments plan to subsidise nannies for families who cannot access mainstream childcare services.

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Men Women Aged 18-34 Aged 35-54 Aged 55+
Total approve 43% 42% 52% 37% 37% 39% 47% 47% 46% 35%
Total disapprove 31% 34% 29% 33% 38% 37% 25% 24% 28% 44%
Strongly approve 7% 8% 8% 11% 4% 7% 8% 10% 8% 4%
Approve 36% 34% 44% 26% 33% 32% 39% 37% 38% 31%
Disapprove 18% 18% 19% 16% 21% 21% 15% 14% 16% 26%
Strongly disapprove 13% 16% 10% 17% 17% 16% 10% 10% 12% 18%
Don’t know 26% 23% 20% 30% 24% 24% 28% 30% 26% 21%

43% approve of respondents the Federal Governments plan to subsidise nannies for families who cannot access mainstream childcare services and 31% disapprove.

Approval was highest for Liberal/National voters (52%), women (47%) and aged 18-34 (47%). Those aged 55+ were the only group more likely to disapprove (35% approve/44% disapprove).

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