Table 2. Socio-demographics of households that did (n = 4727) and did not respond (n = 19273) to our questionnaire survey and (respondents) for households that have (n = 1930) and do not have a child (n = 1997) attending a DCC.
| N = 4727 respondents Characteristics | Ratio [95% CI] Reference: no day care | |||
| Response Yes/No | ||||
| Respondent (n = 4727) | Non-respondent (n = 19273) | |||
| Neighborhood | ||||
| High urbanization degree1, % (n) | 52.4 | 46.8 | 1.12 [1.09–1.15] | |
| High socio-economic status2, % (n) | 58.2 | 52.0 | 1.12 [1.09–1.15] | |
| Child | ||||
| Age in months, mean (n) | 24.3 | 24.6 | 0.96 [0.91–1.01] | |
| Attending DCC, % (n) | 49 | 471 | 1.04 [0.98–1.09] | |
| Dutch nationality, % (n) | 96.7 | 801 | - | |
| DCC Yes/No | ||||
| DCC (n = 1930) | No DCC (n = 1997) | |||
| Neighborhood | ||||
| High urbanization degree2, % (n) | 56.3 | 48.0 | 0.85 [0.80–0.90] | |
| High socio-economic status3, % (n) | 63.6 | 53.0 | 1.18 [1.10–1.27] | |
| Child | ||||
| Age in months, mean (n) | 25.5 | 22.9 | 1.11 [0.99–1.14] | |
| Respondent | ||||
| Gender male, % (n) | 18.0 | 18.7 | 1.03 [0.90–1.18] | |
| Dutch Nationality, % (n) | 97.1 | 96.3 | 0.99 [0.90–1.08] | |
| Both parents employed, % (n) | 94.5 | 73.9 | 1.24 [1.24–1.32] | |
| Working hours/month, mean (n) | 26.5 | 18.8 | 1.40 [1.39–1.42] | |
| Household | ||||
| High household income >€3600/month, % (n) | 39.3 | 15.4 | 2.56 [2.28–2.88] | |
| University diploma in household, % (n) | 73.4 | 51.6 | 1.42 [1.35–1.50] | |
| No of children living in household, mean (n) | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.93 [0.89–0.97] |
1
Based on a population data estimates from the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Netherlands.
2
Addresses/km2. An urbanized neighborhood was defined as 1500–2.500 addresses/km2.
3
Normalized score (−4–4) based on level of income, employment and educational level per postal code area of the neighborhood. A high socio-economic status was defined between −4 and 0.