Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participating early childcare services and service executives
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Service level n = 473 | |
| Service type | |
| Long day care | 430 (90.9%) |
| Preschool | 43 (9.1%) |
| State/Territory | |
| New South Wales | 199 (42%) |
| Queensland | 95 (20%) |
| Victoria | 86 (18%) |
| Western Australia | 51 (11%) |
| South Australia | 20 (4.2%) |
| Australian Capital Territory | 11 (2.3%) |
| Tasmania | 11 (2.3%) |
| Region | |
| Major cities of Australia | 442 (93%) |
| Inner/outer regional Australia | 31 (6.6%) |
| Socio-economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) | |
| Least disadvantaged | 281 (59%) |
| Most disadvantaged | 192 (41%) |
| Service size (mean no. of children in service (SD)) | 59 (31) |
| Service executive level n = 473 | |
| Position | |
| Director | 155 (33%) |
| Nominated supervisor | 255 (54%) |
| Room leader | 11 (2.3%) |
| Service owner | 4 (0.8%) |
| Educator | 9 (1.9%) |
| Other | 39 (8.2%) |
| Employment status (mean no per service (SD)) | |
| Full time staff | 9 (8) |
| Part time staffa | 7 (8) |
| Casual staffa | 3 (4) |
| Survey mode | |
| Phone | 268 (57%) |
| Online | 205 (43%) |
| Type of program measure completed on | |
| Healthy eating | 241 (51%) |
| Physical activity | 232 (49%) |
aMissing responses for these characteristics