Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of study sample
| Measure | Category |
Count (Percentage)
|
|---|---|---|
| N = 42 | ||
| Socio-economic disadvantage (SEIFA) |
Low |
9 (21.4%) |
| |
Medium |
29 (69.1%) |
| |
High |
4 (9.5%) |
| Service typea |
Preschool |
17 (40.5%) |
| |
Long day care service |
26 (61.9%) |
| Number of allocated placesb |
1-39 |
26 (61.9%) |
| |
40-190 |
16 (38.1%) |
| Number of enrolmentsb |
1-80 |
24 (57.1%) |
| |
81-200 |
18 (42.9%) |
| Number of educatorsb |
1-8 |
24 (58.5%) |
| |
9-23 |
17 (41.5%) |
| Number of days openb |
5 Days |
37 (88.1%) |
| |
4 days or less |
5 (11.9%) |
| Hours openb |
<10 hours |
21 (50.0%) |
| > = 10 hours | 21 (50.0%) |
aPercentages do not add up to 100% as some services reported being a combination of different types.
bMedian response is used as category cut-off point.