Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, United States, 2016 (ICPSR 37233)
Version Date: Apr 10, 2019 View help for published
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s)
Mathematica Policy Research
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37233.v1
Version V1 (see more versions)
You are currently viewing an older version of this data collection. A more recent version may be available by selecting (see more versions)
Additional information about this collection can be found in Version History.
2019-04-10 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Alternate Title View help for Alternate Title
Summary View help for Summary
The Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCP) dataset contains data from two surveys conducted by Mathematica Policy Research as part of a study on Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships. Mathematica conducted a survey of Early Head Start grantees and their delegate agencies, as well as a survey of selected child care partners of these agencies.
The responses to the survey of grantees and their delegate agencies produced three of the datasets included in this collection. The first dataset, Partnership Grantee and Delegate Agency Director Survey, contains data from a survey of Early Head Start grantees and their delegate agencies. This dataset contains questions answered by the grantee or delegate agencies about themselves and contains one observation per grantee. Datasets two and three are also associated with the grantee and delegate agency survey. The second dataset, Grantee and Delegate Agencies Partner Characteristics, contains responses to the initial survey from the grantee or delegate regarding characteristics of all of their child care partners. This dataset was used to create a random sampling of approximately 20 percent of the child care partners for additional questions as well as a separate Child Care Partner survey, which were used to create both datasets three and four. Dataset three, Grantee and Delegate Agencies Randomly Sampled Partner Characteristics, contains responses from grantee and delegate agencies regarding the partners identified by the random sampling created from dataset two. The second survey conducted by Mathematica was of these selected child care partners, and dataset four, Child Care Partner Survey, is comprised of responses to questions asked of the child care partners about themselves.
Demographic information contained in these datasets includes education level, degree field, length of occupation, and occupation.
Citation View help for Citation
Export Citation:
Funding View help for Funding
Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms
Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage
Smallest Geographic Unit View help for Smallest Geographic Unit
State
Restrictions View help for Restrictions
This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, this data collection is restricted from general dissemination. To obtain this file, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement in accordance with existing ICPSR servicing policies.
Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s)
Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s)
Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) initiative was developed to bring together Early Head Start and child care through the layering of funding to provide comprehensive and continuous services to low-income infants, toddlers, and their families.
The purpose of the Study of Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships conducted by Mathematica Policy Research was:
Study Design View help for Study Design
Mathematica Policy Research utilized two primary sources of data to create the EHS-CCP data files.
The first is the Grantee and Delegate Agency Director Survey, which was sent to 250 grantee and 55 delegate agency directors between January and July 2016. The Grantee and Delegate Agency Director Survey consisted of seven main sections:
Additionally, in this survey, grantee and delegate agency directors were asked to provide the names and contact information for all of their child care partners, as well as some key characteristics about the partner centers. This identified 1,749 partners (998 child care partners and 761 family child care partners), and these data was compiled into a list, from which 470 partners were randomly selected to receive the Child Care Partner Survey.
This Child Care Partner Survey consisted of seven main sections;
Sample View help for Sample
All grantees and their delegate agencies that are part of the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program were sampled for the Grantee and Delegate Survey. The survey was sent to 250 EHS-CC Partnership grantees and 55 delegate agency directors. A total of 220 EHS-CC Partnership grantees and 40 delegate agencies completed the survey.
In their responses, grantees and delegates listed all centers and family child care homes that they have a partnership with. Respondents identified 1,749 partners: 988 child care centers and 761 family child care homes. One out of five centers and family child care homes were randomly selected to participate in the partner survey, always selecting at least one-fifth of partners listed. For example, if a grantee had six centers and two family child care homes, there would be two centers and one family child care home sampled. This random sampling resulted in 470 total partners being asked to participate in the Child Care Partner Survey, including 302 child care centers and 168 family child care homes. A total of 386 child care partners completed and submitted the survey.
Time Method View help for Time Method
Universe View help for Universe
Organizations that received an Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grant in 2015, along with their delegate agencies, and their partners.
Unit(s) of Observation View help for Unit(s) of Observation
Data Type(s) View help for Data Type(s)
Mode of Data Collection View help for Mode of Data Collection
Response Rates View help for Response Rates
305 eligible grantees and delegates were identified for the survey. There were 260 completed responses, for a response rate of 85 percent. A total of 220 of 250 EHS-CC Partnership grantees (a response rate of 88 percent) and 40 delegate agencies of the 55 we contacted (a response rate of 73 percent) completed the survey.
470 partners were randomly selected to participate in the survey. A total of 386 of 470 child care partners (a response rate of 82 percent) completed the survey. The completion rate for child care center partners was 84 percent (255 of 302) and for family child care partners it was 78 percent (131 of 168).
HideOriginal Release Date View help for Original Release Date
2019-04-10
Version History View help for Version History
2019-04-10 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Weight View help for Weight
This collection includes weights that were developed to account for nonresponse at the grantee and delegate level. There are separate weights to sum up to the grant level (grant_wgt, in Dataset 1), which consist of a grantee and its delegates, and to the program level (program_wgt, in Datasets 1 and 2), which is a grantee and its delegates separately.
Dataset 4 also includes weights that were developed to account for nonresponse at the partner level (partner_wgt) and the probability of selection at the partner level (sampwt_partner_cum). These weights make the randomly selected partners representative of the complete universe of child care partners.
For additional information on weighting, please refer to section C "Weights for Survey Responses" of the P.I. Data Documentation Narrative.
Hide