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Research Objectives: To determine the odds of whether children from birth to five are referred for health screenings and developmental assessments based on child race/ethnicity and factors at the center-based childcare provider- and the program-level. Design: Cross-sectional study with the 2019…
Access to high-quality early care and education (ECE) arrangements supports children’s development and households’ economic well-being, a link that may be especially critical to understand for children in Hispanic households with low incomes. Using data from the 2019 National Survey of Early…
This snapshot describes the potential need for out-of-school time care for school-age children, and the prevalence of out-of-school time care among different demographic groups, using the 2012 and 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE). Although the data for this snapshot are…
The Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce project aims to increase knowledge and understanding about child care and early education (CCEE) by documenting factors that drive turnover and by building evidence on current initiatives to bolster a qualified CCEE…
This snapshot provides updated findings about parents’ child care and early education (CCEE) search and decision-making using the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) Household (HH) Survey. We present findings on (1) the prevalence of CCEE searches among household…
Searching for child care is an important stage of the parental child care decision-making process. Although previous studies have identified a series of factors related to parents’ child care decision-making, little is known parents’ child care search processes. Using the 2012 National…
We researched links between teacher stress and depression, the level of racial concordance between teachers and students, and classroom diversity. We used data collected in 2019 for the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), a survey that asks teachers and staff questions about the…
In 2023, Wilder Research in St. Paul contracted with the Minnesota departments of Education (MDE) and Human Services (DHS) in partnership with the Minnesota Children’s Cabinet to conduct an Early Care and Education (ECE) Workforce Survey. The purpose of the study is to describe characteristics…
Insufficient wages and unequal pay create challenges in attracting and retaining highquality early educators, critical for young children’s success in early care and education (ECE) programs. While ECE professional wages are already lower than similar workers, there may be wage disparities based…
Given the importance of health insurance coverage for health, social, and economic outcomes, it is vital to understand health insurance coverage among CCEE teachers. In this snapshot, we used data from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to compare the health…