Survey Says: Top Choosing Child Care results, Parenting Survey Selectsmart.com The top 7 Choosing Child Care results of 954 participants. Percentages indicate the frequency of the self-selected participants' top results for Choosing Child Care. Rate Survey Says (5=best, 0=poor) #1 22.5% Home-based Daycare #2 20.2% Center Daycare #3 14.3% Friend or relative #4 12.2% Something else entirely #5 11.2% Live-in Nanny #6 10.4% Nanny Sharing #7 9.2% Live-out Nanny