Socioeconomic and attitudinal differences between service users of private and public early childhood education and care in the Finnish context

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 5 The attitudes of services users of different forms of ECEC: differences and interaction with SES

Estimated models	χ² value	df	Scaling correction	χ² difference test^a	CFI	ΔCFI	TLI	ΔTLI	RMSEA (90% CI)	ΔRMSEA	SRMR	ΔSRMR
RQ2: Mean differences across service users of different forms of ECEC
Equal means	1037.73	391	0.98		0.843		0.84		0.06 (0.056; 0.065)		0.103
Freely estimated means	830.01	383	0.98	Δχ²(8) = 174.16***	0.891	− 0.048	0.887	-0.047	0.05 (0.046; 0.055)	0.01	0.079	0.024
RQ3: Interaction with SES
Household income level
Constrained model	889.74	497	1.07		0.905		0.9		0.042 (0.037; 0.046)		0.069
Free model	834.71	449	1.08	Δχ²(48) = 53.70^n.s	0.907	− 0.002	0.891	0.009	0.044 (0.039; 0.048)	− 0.002	0.066	0.003
Parental education level
Constrained model	600.77	299	1.13		0.922		0.909		0.039 (0.034; 0.043)		0.056
Free model	591.13	275	1.12	Δχ²(24) = 13,56^n.s	0.918	0.004	0.896	0.013	0.041 (0.037; 0.046)	-0.002	0.056	0

^aA reference model fits the data better if p < 0.05; Δ = change ^n.s.p > 0.05, ***p < 0.001