ED343702 PS020426
Title: A Profile of Child Care Settings: Early Education and Care
in 1990.
Author(s): Kisker, Ellen Eliason; And Others
Author Affiliation: Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ.(BBB15029)
Pages: 418
Publication Date: 1991
Notes: Includes Executive Summary, Volume I (Report) and Volume II
(Appendixes).
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office
of the Under Secretary. (EDD00080)
Contract No: LC88090001
Report No: ED/OUS/91-44
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC17 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New Jersey
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG1992
This volume
combines an executive summary, a report, and appendixes, all of
which comprise the findings of the Profile of Child Care Settings
Study. The study collected information on the supply of formal early
education and care programs by means of telephone interviews with
a national sample of center directors and home-based providers of
early education and child care. The procedure for selecting the
sample is outlined. Data are reported for numerous characteristics
of early education and care programs. Characteristics relevant to
the supply of programs include the use of programs; the organizational
characteristics of programs; admission policies; enrollment; staffing;
program goals; and the nature of programs serving children from
low-income families. Characteristics of programs include quality
indicators; group size and child-staff ratio; caregiver qualifications;
and program sponsorship. Discussion of fees charged by programs
indicates that fees are related to various program characteristics.
Trends in center- and home-based early education and care are also
discussed. These trends involve enrollment, staff characteristics,
services provided, and fees. A list of 40 references is provided.
Appendixes include supplemental tables of data; a summary of national
studies of early education and care programs; an explanation of
the sample design, frame, weights, and sampling errors; the contextual
variables of the sample; two copies of the survey instrument (one
for center-based and one for home-based programs); and a 140-item
questionnaire. (BC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria; *Day Care; *Early Childhood Education;
Educational Quality; *Educational Supply; *Educational Trends; Enrollment;
*Family Day Care; *Fees; Low Income Groups; National Surveys; Sampling
Identifiers: Caregiver Child Ratio; Caregiver Qualifications; *Program
Characteristics; Program Objectives
