ED355046 PS021251
Title: National Household Education Survey. Profile of Preschool Children's
Child Care and Early Education Program Participation. Statistical
Analysis Report.
Author(s): West, Jerry; And Others
Author Affiliation: Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD.(BBB22888); National
Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC.(EDD00004)
Pages: 45
Publication Date: February 1993
Report No: NCES-93-133
ISBN: 0-16-041675-2
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Availability: U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents,
Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328, (Stock No. 065-000-00554-9,
$3.25).
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJUL1993
Government Level: Federal
The National
Household Education Survey (NHES) collects data on the educational
activities of the United States population. NHES is designed as
a telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized population of the
United States. The survey was fielded for the first time in 1991
and will be conducted annually beginning in 1993. Each survey will
examine a different topic or topics related to education. This report
presents findings from the 1991 NHES, which examined young children's
participation in nonparental care and early education programs.
The first part of the report provides background information on
the survey. The second part presents data on the relationship between
preschoolers' participation in nonparental care and early childhood
education programs, and child characteristics, family characteristics,
and maternal employment. The third part presents data on the relationship
between the number of hours per week preschoolers spend in nonparental
care and early education programs, and child characteristics, family
socioeconomic characteristics, and maternal employment. Preschool
children's participation in home-based and center-based programs
is discussed in the fourth part. The fifth part examines the relationship
between children's participation in the child care arrangement in
which they spend the most time per week, and child characteristics,
family characteristics, and maternal employment. The sixth part
discusses characteristics of center-based programs, including group
size and child-staff ratios. The report is summarized in the seventh
part. A discussion of the survey methodology is included. (Contains
17 references.) (BC)
Descriptors: *Day Care; *Early Childhood Education; Employed Parents;
*Family Characteristics; Mothers; *Preschool Children; Research
Methodology
Identifiers: Caregiver Child Ratio; Center Based Programs; Home
Based Programs; *National Household Education Survey
