The following table—listing all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico—provides the actual distribution of grant year (GY) 2023 discretionary funds; the estimated distribution of the proposed $4.38 billion increase in annual discretionary CCDBG funding for fiscal year (FY) 2024; the estimated increase in funding above GY 2023 actual funding; and the estimated number of additional children who could be served with that increase. The increases in funding for states range from an additional $5 million in Wyoming to $482 million in Texas. (author abstract)
Reports from the National Survey of Early Care and Education Project
This chartbook presents nationally representative estimates of all Workers in Center-based Early Care and Education (ECE) classrooms educating children age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten. Using data from the 2012 and 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), the…
This chartbook draws from data collected in the 2019 NSECE Center-based Provider Survey and 2019 NSECE Workforce Survey. In the NSECE, a center-based provider delivers CCEE services to children age five and under, not yet in kindergarten, at a single location. Center-based providers were…
Analyses of NSECE COVID-19 Longitudinal Follow-up data indicate the percentage of 2019 center-based CCEE workers who were working in CCEE in February 2020 (prior to the pandemic), the percentage who were working in CCEE in October 2020 (seven months into the pandemic), and the percentage who…
Many parents in the U.S. look for high-quality child care and early education (CCEE) to ensure their children’s safety and development and fully participate in the labor market. To meet that demand, there must be an adequate supply of CCEE services within the geographic reach of these families. …
This chartbook draws from data collected in the 2012 and 2019 NSECE Household Surveys. The household interview respondent was a parent or guardian of a child or children under age 13 in households with at least one member child under age 13. This chartbook focuses on children age under 60 months…
This infographic presents estimates of receipt of subsidies in center-based CCEE using data from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE). It provides the proportion of centers receiving subsidies and the average number of children served at each center by subsidy density. (…
This snapshot examines the role of faith-based organizations in center-based CCEE, either through sponsorship or by providing space to programs that they do not sponsor. Two questionnaire items from the 2019 NSECE were used to characterize each center’s relationship with faith-based…
This snapshot describes the 2020 employment experiences of 1.35 million individuals who were teachers, lead teachers, assistants and aides in center-based CCEE provider classrooms in 2019. Data come from interviews conducted in the first three months of 2021 with participants in the 2019 NSECE…
The Home-based Listed Provider Quick Tabulation File released in early 2021 contained errors in two variables: HB9_ENRL_NHASIAN_NUMCH and HB9_ENRL_NHOTHER_NUMCH. The variable names for this pair of variables were swapped in earlier versions of the data files. The variable names have been…
This NSECE snapshot examines child care and early education cost burdens for households that used regular CCEE and had at least 1 child under age 5 (0 to 59 months). (author abstract)
Studies Using NSECE Data
Research Findings: Families need access to early care and education pro-grams, both to ensure parents’ ability to work and support children’s development. Subsidies through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) are a set of policies aimed at assisting families living in poverty with…
This study aims to better understand the decision-making process for Latinx foreign-born parents choosing early childhood education settings for their children ages 3 to 5. Using a transformative mixed methods design, this study develops a culturally-based model of decision-making for these…
This snapshot provides an updated look at the demographic characteristics (race and ethnicity, languages spoken, and nativity status) of the center-based CCEE workforce and their professional characteristics by each demographic group using the 2019 NSECE. Additionally, this snapshot compares…
In 2019, more than 5 million providers cared for one or more children either in their own home or in a child’s home. Home-based child care (HBCC) providers are a varied group that includes listed providers and unlisted providers who do and do not receive payment (Exhibit 1). HBCC is especially…
The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors or CHIPS Incentives Program leverages public dollars to implement a unique child care requirement. Semiconductor manufacturers that apply for more than $150 million of CHIPS direct funding must provide access to high-quality child care…
Many families now need child care during nontraditional hours (NTH). Understanding the types of child care those families use for their young children has become a growing concern for policymakers interested in supporting the types of child care that meets families’ needs. We define…
High quality early educational experiences are essential for young children’s academic and social emotional development. Although there is no one set of quality indicators that exists at a national level to assess center-based early care and education (ECE) program quality, researchers at the…
In this brief, we build on existing knowledge of the early childhood workforce and present findings related to changes in the characteristics, qualifications, and professional development experiences of center-based infant-toddler teachers in the decade preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. During…
The current child care crisis motivates this examination of the working conditions and well-being of early educators working with our youngest children—infant-toddler teachers in child care centers—a critical but understudied sector of the workforce. We analyzed data from the 2019 National…
To provide a national profile of the U.S. ECE workforce serving Latino families and their children, we use data from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to describe key demographic and professional characteristics of teachers and caregivers serving young children, from…
Data Sets
Instruments
User Guides, Training Webinars, and Methodological Reports
This is a presentation of the possibilities and limitations to the incorporation of geographic variables into analyses of the National Survey of Early Care and Education datasets. Presenters discuss the community characteristic, national, regional, state, county cluster, and provider cluster…
This resource provides guidance to data users interested in using the 2019 NSECE to examine questions related to ECE access using a multi-dimensional, family-centric definition of access. Access to ECE is best understood as a multi-dimensional construct requiring the consideration of multiple…
This guide is a tool for users of the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) center-based provider public-use data files. NSECE sample design and data collection methods are summarized, along with documentation and data file conventions. It includes guidance on analyzing center…
The Home-based Unlisted Provider Quick Tabulation File released in early 2021 contained errors in two variables: HB9_ENRL_NHASIAN_NUMCH and HB9_ENRL_NHOTHER_NUMCH. The variable names for this pair of variables were swapped in earlier versions of the data files. The variable names have been…
This is an addendum to the guide for users of the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) home-based provider public-use data file. This addendum documents the corrected version of eight variables that contained errors in the original release.
This report provides information about the 2019 NSECE sample design, key elements of its four component surveys, and other unique survey features, and explains how it compares to the 2012 NSECE. A detailed appendix provides information about the data collection methodologies used in the 2019…
This document applies to analyses using L2 data from the 2012 NSECE, the 2019 NSECE, and both the 2012 and 2019 NSECE. It describes the four phases involved in using the L2 data, from applying for access to the data to extracting your research results. (author abstract)
This guide is a tool for users of the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) home-based provider public-use data files. NSECE sample design and data collection methods are summarized, along with documentation and data file conventions. It includes guidance on analyzing home-…
This guide is a tool for users of the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) household public-use data files. NSECE sample design and data collection methods are summarized, along with documentation and data file conventions. It includes guidance on analyzing household survey…
Introduction. Prior to 1980, U.S. national demographic and health data collection did not identify individuals of Hispanic/ Latina/o heritage as a population group. Post-1990, robust immigration from Latin America (e.g., South America, Central America, Mexico) and subsequent growth in U.S.…