Table 3.

Comparison of child care quality by child characteristics in Head Start and non-Head Start Centers^a and family day care^b

	Head Start (HS)		Non-Head Start (nonHS)		HS–nonHS difference p value
	Mean quality score	STDd	Mean quality score	STD
I. Center care (n = 1,250c)
Poor children	4.75	0.87	4.28	1.04	<0.001
Non-poor children	4.74	1.02	4.55	1.05	nse
African American	4.47	1.00	4.32	1.17	ns
Hispanic	4.90	0.76	4.45	1.09	<0.001
Asian	4.76	0.80	4.43	0.97	0.04
White	4.89	0.79	4.51	1.02	<0.001
Low birthweight	4.55	0.92	4.40	1.01	ns
Non-low birthweight	4.77	0.90	4.48	1.07	<0.001
II. Family day care (n = 300)
Poor children	2.74	1.21	2.89	1.05	ns
Non-poor children	2.75	0.67	3.70	1.07	<0.001
African American	2.37	0.56	2.82	0.86	ns
Hispanic	2.18	0.50	2.96	1.05	ns
Asian	2.66	1.15	3.40	0.99	ns
White	3.26	0.85	3.79	1.07	ns
Low birthweight	2.04	0.90	3.58	1.19	<0.001
Non-low birthweight	2.80	0.97	3.48	1.07	0.003

^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

^eNot statistically significant