Number and Characteristics of Early Care and Education (ECE) Teachers and Caregivers: Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (2012 NSECE)

Publication Date: November 5, 2013

Current as of: April 29, 2019

Introduction

What did the early childhood teaching and caregiving workforce look like in 2012? This research brief describes the Early Care and Education (ECE) workforce data developed in the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE). The survey focuses on individuals providing direct care and education for children birth through five years and not yet in kindergarten. Findings are based on over 10,000 questionnaires completed in 2012 by a sample of individuals representing about one million center-based classroom staff, as well as about one million paid and about 2.7 million unpaid individuals regularly providing home-based ECE to children other than their own.

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Types:

Report , Brief

OPRE Research Topics:

Child Care , Head Start & Early Head Start , Self-Sufficiency, Welfare & Employment

Projects:

National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)

Topics:

Child Care , Early Childhood , Early Head Start , Economic Mobility , Self-Sufficiency , Employment/Jobs , Welfare Reform