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Centers participating in CACFP (n = 362)
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Centers not participating in CACFP (n = 297)
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Center characteristics
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Mean (SD)
|
|
Number of children enrolled
|
64.0 (49.7)
|
64.6 (47.1)
|
|
Years in operation
|
18.0 (12.9)
|
20.4 (15.4)
|
|
Number of paid staff
|
13.0 (9.9)
|
13.2 (11.9)
|
|
Number of teachers
|
9.8 (7.5)
|
10.8 (10.8)
|
|
Number of classrooms
|
5.4 (3.0)
|
5.4 (3.5)
|
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Number (%)
|
|
For-profit
|
208 (58)
|
192 (65)
|
|
Child characteristics
|
Mean (SD)
|
|
% Black/African American
|
45.8 (37.7)
|
21.7 (31.2)
|
|
% White
|
34.8 (34.9)
|
65.9 (34.8)
|
|
% Hispanic/Latino (a)
|
7.6 (13.5)
|
3.7 (10.7)
|
|
% Multiple/more than one race
|
5.4 (10.2)
|
3.4 (5.3)
|
|
% Asian/Asian American
|
1.6 (6.6)
|
2.8 (8.8)
|
|
% Native American/American Indian
|
0.9 (6.6)
|
0.2 (1.0)
|
|
Director characteristics
|
Mean (SD)
|
|
Years of experience
|
18.2 (9.2)
|
19.1 (9.8)
|
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Number (%)
|
|
4-year college degree or higher
|
200 (56)
|
183 (64)
|
|
Gender, female
|
342 (96)
|
276 (96)
|
|
State
|
|
Massachusetts
|
6 (2)
|
69 (23)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
22 (6)
|
32 (11)
|
|
North Carolina
|
220 (61)
|
75 (25)
|
|
South Carolina
|
114 (31)
|
121 (41)
|
- CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program
