Table 1.

Participating service operational characteristics

Question	Number (%)
Age of children service has enrolled
Children 1 year of age	64 (30 %)
Children 2 years of age	112 (52 %)
Children 3 to 5 years of age	214 (100 %)
Service type
Preschool	122 (57 %)
Service size
Number of children enrolled; mean (SD)	85 (97)
Number of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander childre; mean (SD)	13 (76)
Days of operation; mean (SD)	5 (1)
Service location
High socioeconomic area	96 (45 %)
Major cities	72 (34 %)
Inner regional area	63 (30 %)
Outer regional area	70 (33 %)
Remote area	7 (3 %)