eprintid: 1541495
rev_number: 38
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2017-02-19 00:14:15
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status_changed: 2019-06-24 09:45:01
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creators_name: Simon, A
title: A critical review of the advantages and limitations of using large-scale national surveys to examine childcare patterns and the ECEC workforce in Britain
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: Early childhood education, childcare, quality, early childhood policy, workforce
note: Copyright © 2017 The author(s). Published by Informa UK limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative  Commons  attribution  license (http://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
abstract: OECD countries have established statistical collections to ensure quality within Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Focusing on one part of ECEC – preschool ‘childcare services’ – this paper critically reviews statistical collections specifically designed to measure childcare patterns in England alongside UK data collected for other purposes which can be used to examine childcare patterns. The paper evaluates how far these data provide a reliable basis for examining the childcare workforce, how well childcare usage and provision patterns can be analysed and the degree to which the data provide comparable geographical coverage. Results show analysis is restricted by the various ways data-sets count and classify occupations. Differences in geographical coverage make them difficult to compare. More refinement of occupation categories would make existing sources more useful. The themes discussed here are relevant for other countries seeking to understand how best to utilise their statistical collections for examining childcare patterns.
date: 2019
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2017.1291586
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1208412
doi: 10.1080/09575146.2017.1291586
lyricists_name: Simon, Antonia
lyricists_id: ASIMO62
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Early Years: an international journal of research and development
volume: 39
number: 1
pagerange: 4-16
issn: 1472-4421
citation:        Simon, A;      (2019)    A critical review of the advantages and limitations of using large-scale national surveys to examine childcare patterns and the ECEC workforce in Britain.                   Early Years: an international journal of research and development , 39  (1)   pp. 4-16.    10.1080/09575146.2017.1291586 <https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2017.1291586>.       Green open access   
 
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