Table 2.

Mean overall quality of care by child characteristics in center care^a and family day care^b settings

	Center care (n = 1,250c)		Family day care (n = 300)
	Mean quality score	STDd	Mean quality score	STD
Poor	4.55	0.97	2.86e	1.08
Non-Poor	4.58	1.05	3.65	1.06
Non-White	4.54	1.03	2.88e	0.99
White	4.60	0.99	3.75	1.06
Low Birthweight	4.46	0.98	3.40	1.22
Non-Low Birthweight	4.58	1.03	3.41	1.07

^aCenter-based quality of care measured by the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R) [21, 22]

^bFamily-based quality of care measured by the Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS-R) [23]

^cSample sizes rounded to nearest 50 per ECLS-B data confidentiality requirements (see text)

^dSTD refers to standard deviation

^eBetween groups, Student t test; p < 0.001