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This brief uses new, nationally representative data from The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) —funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—to describe critical elements in the decision-making process of parents and other caregivers regarding the non-parental care of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. 

Respondents (usually parents) in...

The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) is a set of four integrated, nationally representative surveys conducted in 2012 of: 1) households with children under age 13, 2) home-based providers of early care and education (ECE), 3) center-based providers of ECE, and 4) the center-based provider workforce. The four surveys are used to understand the supply of and demand for ECE in the United States. This report focuses on prices charged for ECE by center- and home-based...

This instrument details the National Survey of Early Care & Education’s Revised Workforce (Classroom…

This instrument details the National Survey of Early Care & Education’s Revised Center-Based Provider…

The Summary of Data Collection and Sampling Methodology brief describes the purpose of the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), sampling design and content for the four integrated, nationally representative surveys, and data collection methodology. The brief addresses distinctive features of the NSECE and provides examples of how the data allows for analyses to answer questions of interest to policy-makers and researchers...

This technical report uses new, nationally representative data—The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—to describe the current landscape of center-based early care and education (ECE) programs in this country. The NSECE includes 4 surveys, and the survey used here, the NSECE Center-based Provider...

This instrument details the National Survey of Early Care & Education’s Revised Household Questionnaire…

This instrument details the National Survey of Early Care & Education’s Revised Home-Based Provider…

This instrument details the National Survey of Early Care & Education’s Revised Center-Based Provider…

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...