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2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

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Table 41. Percentage of Preschool Children in <strong>Study</strong> Families Receiving Care from QIS Providersat Year 5 aChildren in QIS Children in Non-QISAll ChildrenProviderPrograms bProgramsn % N % n %Childcare center/HeadStart/Prekindergarten176 86 87 49 89 51<strong>Family</strong> childcare/other childcare 28 14 4 14 24 86Any formal childcare arrangement 204 91 45 113 55a <strong>The</strong> percentages in the “All Children” column are based on a denominator of 204; the total number of children in formalchildcare arrangements. All other percentages are based on a denominator of the total n for the row, the total number of childrenin that specific childcare arrangement. Data were not weighted in the analysis.b Refers to programs participating in the QIS as of March 18, 2010.Table 43. Percentage of Preschool Childcare Providers for <strong>Study</strong> Families Participating in the QISat Year 5 aProviderChildcare center/HeadStart/PrekindergartenProviders in QIS Providers in Non-All ProvidersPrograms b QIS Programsn % N % n %89 84 39 44 50 56<strong>Family</strong> childcare/other childcare 17 16 2 12 15 88Any formal childcare arrangement 106 41 39 65 61a <strong>The</strong> percentages in the “All Providers” column are based on a denominator of 106, the total number of formal childcareproviders. All other percentages are based on a denominator of the total n for the row; the total number of formal childcareproviders providing that specific type of childcare. Data were not weighted in the analysis.b Refers to programs participating in the QIS as of March 18, 2010.In addition, the survey also asked mothers using childcare how satisfied they were with their childcarearrangements. Over three-fourths of the sample rated their childcare arrangements as either “very good”or “excellent”. <strong>The</strong>re were no difference between satisfaction levels of parents using childcarearrangements in the Quality Counts (QC) system versus those not in the QC system. Fifteen percentreported that their childcare options were “good,” and just 4 percent said they were “fair.” A largerproportion of mothers relying on childcare centers or Head Start programs (61%) reported that theirchildcare options were “excellent” compared with mothers using other forms of care (3% to 22%).In general, mothers who participated in the qualitative interviews spoke favorably about the care providedby relatives—and some mothers were more likely to entrust the care of their children to a relative than tosomeone unknown even as their children grew older. On the other hand, a few mothers talked about thedifficulty of patching together childcare from different members of their families. Some mothers alsoChapin Hall at the University of Chicago 70

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