This Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone June 24-July 5, 2015 among a random national sample of 1,636 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.0 percentage points. The error margin is 6.0 points among the sample of 391 parents with children under 18. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Media, Pa. (Full methodological details appended at the end.) *= less than 0.5 percent 1. (Among parents with kids under 18 at home) Have you ever had to pay for regular childcare, either in your home with a nanny or out of the home at a daycare program, or not? 7/5/15 Yes 55 No 45 No opinion -- 2. (Among parents with kids under 18 at home) Is the cost of paid childcare in your area very expensive, somewhat expensive, not too expensive or not at all expensive? 7/5/15 ----- Expensive ----NET Very Somewhat 74 34 40 ----- Less expensive ----NET Not too Not at all 10 7 2 No opinion 16 3. (Among parents with kids under 18 at home) In your personal experience, has finding quality and affordable childcare been very easy, somewhat easy, somewhat difficult or very difficult? 7/5/15 -------- Easy ------NET Very Somewhat 32 11 21 ----- Difficult -----NET Somewhat Very 53 31 21 Doesn’t apply (vol) 9 No opinion 6 4a. Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling the economy? 7/5/15 Democrats 34 Republicans 32 Both (vol.) 1 Neither (vol.) 22 No opinion 11 4b. Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job ensuring availability of affordable and quality childcare? 7/5/15 Democrats 43 Republicans 22 Both (vol.) 1 Neither (vol.) 18 No opinion 15 4c. Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job ensuring mothers are treated fairly in the workplace 7/5/15 Democrats 44 Republicans 22 Both (vol.) 3 Neither (vol.) 17 No opinion 14 5. If the 2016 presidential election were being held today, would you vote for the (Democratic candidate) or the (Republican candidate)? 1 7/5/15 Democrat 35 Republicans 33 Other (vol.) 2 Neither (vol.) 10 Would not vote (vol.) 3 No opinion 18 6. Which comes closer to your view? (The federal government should require employers to give employees who are parents more flexibility in their schedule to care for their children) OR (The federal government should let employers decide how much flexibility to offer their employees who are parents)? 7/5/15 Gov’t requires employers offer more flexibility 51 Employers decide how much flexibility to give 42 Both (vol.) 1 Neither (vol.) 2 No opin. 4 7. (Among non-working parents) Since having your first child, have you been employed either full-time or part-time at any point, or not? 7/5/15 Yes 77 No 23 No opinion -- 8. (Among parents who were employed at some point after child was born) Thinking about the first job you had after having your first child, were you satisfied or dissatisfied with the flexibility in your work schedule to care for your child? 7/5/15 Satisfied 67 Dissatisfied 30 No opinion 3 9a. (Among parents with kids under 18 at home) Have you ever passed up a job opportunity to allow more time to care for your children, or not? 7/5/15 Yes 54 No 45 No opinion * 9b. (Among parents with kids under 18 at home) Have you ever stopped working or switched to a less challenging job to allow more time to care for your children, or not? 7/5/15 Yes 51 No 49 No opinion * *** END *** 2 METHODOLOGICAL DETAILS This poll was sponsored and funded by The Washington Post. The poll is a random sample adults of the United States, including interviews in English and Spanish. This questionnaire was administered with the exact questions in the exact order as appears in this document. These questions were part of an “omnibus” survey in which other questions were asked before or after these question. A dual frame landline and cellular phone telephone sample was generated using Random Digit Dialing procedures. Interviewers called landlines cellular phone numbers, first requesting to speak with the youngest adult male or female at home. The final sample included 807 completed on landlines and 829 interviews completed via cellular phones, including 481 interviews with adults in cell phone-only households. This survey uses statistical weighting procedures to account being selected due to landline and cellular phone access and also corrects for deviations in the survey sample from known characteristics, which helps correct for differential survey variation in samples. differential chances of household size. Weighting population participation and random The overall adult sample is weighted using a raking procedure to match the demographic makeup of the population by sex, region, age, education, race/ethnicity, marital status, and parental status, according to Census estimates. The sample is also weighted to match phone estimates of the share of the population who are cell phoneonly and landline-only/mixed user populations according to the National Health Interview Survey. All error margins have been adjusted to account for the survey’s design effect, which is 1.58 for this survey. The design effect is a factor representing the survey’s deviation from a simple random sample, and takes into account decreases in precision due to sample design and weighting procedures. Surveys that do not incorporate a design effect overstate their precision. Group Sample size All adults 1,636 Parents with kids <18 391 Parents employed after child born 374 Non-working parents 103 Error margin (+/-) 3 points 6 points 6.5 points 12 points Contact polls@washpost.com for further information about how The Washington Post conducts polls. The Washington Post and SSRS are both charter members of AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative, which recognizes organizations that disclose key methodological details on the research they produce. 3