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Table 1 Demographic Profile of Early Childhood Workforce

From: Early Childhood Teacher Policy in the United States: Continuing Issues, Overcoming Barriers, and Envisioning the Future

  

Center-Based Teaching Staff

Family Child Care Providers

Age

18 and younger

7%

-

 

19–25

34%

8%

 

26–30

17%

33%

 

31–50

34%

44%

 

51 and older

7%

15%

Gender

Female

97%

99%

 

Male

3%

1%

  

Teachers

Assistants

Directors

 

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or more

33%

12%

69%

17%

 

Some College (including Associate’s Degree)

47%

45%

27%

38%

 

High School or less

20%

43%

4%

44%

  1. Note. From Burton et al. (2002).