The charity's annual childcare awareness survey, which questioned more than 1,000 people, is designed to measure how much parents know about the different types of childcare on offer.
It found that childminders and nannies are the most recognised form of childcare, ahead of nurseries, creches and au pairs.
It also revealed that most families find out about childcare provision through word-of-mouth as opposed to advertising or government initiatives.
Of those parents who did use childminders, 95 per cent were satisfied with the care provided to their children.
Two thirds of parents who used childminders were also satisfied with the cost of their childcare, compared with just over half of parents who pay for their child to attend a nursery.
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