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Note 2: The number of new school entrants reporting participation in ECE prior to attending school is a usefulmeasure of ECE participation as it overcomes some of the double counting problems associated with ECEenrolment measures. However no information is provided on the duration of, number of hours in, or the type ofECE attended prior to attending school.School Socioeconomic Decile: All schools are assigned a decile ranking based on the socioeconomic status ofthe areas they serve. These rankings are based on Census data from families with school age children in theareas from which the school draws its students. Census variables used in the ranking procedure includeequivalent household income, parent’s occupation and educational qualifications, household crowding andincome support payments. Using these variables, schools are assigned a decile ranking, with decile 1 schoolsbeing the 10% of schools with the highest proportion of students from low socioeconomic communities anddecile 10 schools being the 10% of schools with the lowest proportion of these students. Decile ratings areused by the Ministry of Education to allocate targeted funding, as well as for analytical purposes.Enrolments in Early Childhood EducationNew Zealand Distribution and TrendsTrends by Service TypeIn New Zealand during 2000–2011, the number of enrolments in early childhood educationincreased by 26.1%. Changes varied markedly by service type however, with enrolmentsin Education and Care increasing by 59.9% and enrolments in Home Based Networksincreasing by 101.0%. In contrast, enrolments in Te Kōhanga Reo decreased by 13.5%,enrolments in Kindergarten decreased by 19.4% and enrolments in Playcentre decreasedby 4.4% (Figure 35).Figure 35. Number of Enrolments in Licensed Early Childhood Education Services byService Type, New Zealand July 2000–2011Number of Enrolments (thousands)250225200175150125100755025Correspondence SchoolTe Kōhanga ReoPlaycentreHome-basedKindergartenEducation and Care02000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Source: Ministry of EducationHours Spent in Early Childhood EducationIn addition to an increase in ECE enrolments, the average number of hours spent in ECEincreased for all service types during 2000–2011, with the exception of Playcentres. Theaverage number of hours spent increased from 16.2 hours in 2000 to 23.9 hours in 2011for Education and Care facilities, from 11.2 hours to 15.5 hours for Kindergartens, andfrom 16.7 hours to 21.9 hours for home-based care (Table 13).Early Childhood Education - 110