Table 1.

Subject and child care center demographics^a

Parameter	Result for location										Result for both locations
	North Carolina					Virginia
	n	Mean	SD	Min	Max	n	Mean	SD	Min	Max	n	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Age (yr)	549	3.3	1.4	<1	5						549	3.3	1.4	<1	5
Gender
Male	414					160					574
Female	386					153					539
Unknown	11					39					50
Avg no. of classrooms/center	17	7.7	2.8	4	13	7	9.9	6.9	1	21	24	8.3	4.4		21
Center type
Church operated	3					0					3
Government	0					7					7
Other nonprofit	2					0					2
Profit, franchise	2					0					2
Profit, independent	9					0					9
Work site, employer provided	1					0					1
Star rating	14	3.9	1.1	1	5						14	3.9	1.1	1	5
Subsidized children/center	17	18%	19%	0%	56%	7	29%	49%	0%	100%	24	21%	30%	0%	100%
No. children/classroom
Birth to 12 mo	109	9.2	1.7	4	12	30	8.3	3.0	4	16	139	8.1	2.7	4	16
1 to 2 yr	97	10.5	2.9	5	18	61	10.9	2.3	10	20	158	10.5	3.1	5	20
2 to 3 yr	140	14.9	3.9	8	20	77	14.7	3.6	10	21	217	13.9	3.3	8	21
2 to 4 yr	12	26.0	0.0	26	26						12	26.0	0.0	26	26
3 to 4 yr	137	16.7	4.5	10	25	37	21.0	2.0	18	24	174	16.6	4.7	10	25
3 to 5 yr						98	22.4	2.6	16	24	98	20.9	4.2	12	24
4 to 5 yr	161	19.8	6.7	10	34	19	24.0	0.0	24	24	180	17.8	6.3	9	34
5 to 6 yr	29	18.3	5.6	12	27						29	17.2	5.1	12	27
Child/teacher ratio
Birth to 12 mo	109	4.5	0.7	3	5	30	4.0	0.0	4	4	139	4.4	0.7	3	5
1 to 2 yr	97	5.5	1.2	4	9	37	5.0	0.0	5	5	134	5.3	1.0	4	9
2 to 3 yr	76	7.8	1.3	6	9	77	6.6	0.8	5	7	153	7.2	1.2	5	9
2 to 4 yr	12	9.0	0.0	9	9						12	9.0	0.0	9	9
3 to 4 yr	137	9.3	1.9	7	17	37	12.0	0.0	12	12	174	9.9	2.0	7	17
3 to 5 yr						98	10.9	3.1	5	14	98	10.9	3.1	5	14
4 to 5 yr	172	11.1	2.9	6	17	19	12.0	0.0	12	12	191	11.2	2.7	6	17
5 to 6 yr	29	11.5	3.3	8	15						29	11.5	3.3	8	15

^aMin, minimum; Max, maximum.