Center characteristics: gender, outdoor equipment, quality and safety dimension and composite scores
| Center | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | |
| *Cronbach's α = 0.76. | ||||
| †Cronbach's α coefficient = 0.88. | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| No (%) males | 76 (49) | 35 (58) | 61 (54) | 25 (76) |
| No (%) females | 78 (51) | 25 (42) | 52 (46) | 8 (24) |
| Equipment outside | Climbing structure, bars, trikes, benches | Swings, slide, pole, play house, art table, trikes | Tire swing, structure, pole, crates, trikes | Metal dome, wood house |
| Quality dimensions: | ||||
| ECERS total score | 241 | 251 | 180 | 209 |
| Staff stability (turnover %) | 34 | 58 | 27 | 133 |
| Full time/all staff ratio | 8/9 | 1/12 | 5/13 | 0/6 |
| Quality composite score* | 0.71 | −0.04 | −0.37 | −1.81 |
| Safety dimensions: | ||||
| Equipment height (inches) | 66 | 54 | 78 | 50 |
| Child density (ft2/child) | 70 | 260 | 64 | 115 |
| Outside adult/child ratio | 1/8 | 1/6 | 1/11 | 1/5 |
| Safety composite score† | −0.20 | 1.40 | −0.92 | 1.43 |