Assessing the effectiveness of Australian early childhood education and care experiences: study protocol

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Description of achieved population and target sample by sampling stratum

cs	Metropolitan Queensland				Metropolitan Victoria				Regional Victoria				Remote Queensland
	LDC^a	K^b	FDC^c,d	ODC^e	LDC^a	K^b	FDC^c,d	ODC^e	LDC^a	K^b	FDC^c,d	ODC^e	LDC^a	K^b	FDC^c,d	ODC^e
Achieved population size	733	143	30	10	870	795	37	296	12	25	2	13	5	4	1	0
Average capacity	63	33	35	22	68	35	44	22	77	31	120	23	66	23	22	.
Total capacity	46242	4735	1055	195	58731	27425	1635	6654	927	763	240	301	331	93	22	.
Target Sample size	56	11	2	1	30	14	3	3	8	7	1	4	5	4	1	0
Sampling interval	825.8	430.5	527.5	195.0	1957.7	1958.9	545.0	2218.0	115.9	109.0	240.0	75.3	66.2	23.3	22.0	.
Total replacements	21	7	0	1	8	6	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.
Minimum replacement order^f	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.
Maximum replacement order^f	4	2	0	1	3	2	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.

^aLong Day Care
^bStand-alone, typically sessional kindergarten programs for children in the year before school and 3-year-old programs in Victoria
^cFamily Day Care
^dService capacity was not available in 2009 licensing data. Data reported are the number of FDC schemes in each stratum (achieved population size and target sample size) and the number of FDC carers within each stratum (capacity). FDC homes usually included between 4 and 7 children
^eOccasional day care or limited hours care
^fReplacement order is the number of services selected to replace the originally samples service. Zero reflects that that the service originally sampled agreed to participate

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