Table 2 Descriptive statistics of independent variables
From: Perceived accessibility of childcare in Europe: a cross-country multilevel study
| Â | Mean or % | St. Dev. | Min | Max | Sample size (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables | |||||
Start of legal entitlement (age in months) | 44.30 | 22.36 | 6 | 84 | 30 |
Start of free provision (age in months) | 47.33 | 21.60 | 0 | 84 | 30 |
Staff qualification level for 3–6 year-olds (years after secondary education) | 3.07 | 1.25 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
Teachers’ salary after 10 years of service (PPP in thousands) | 34.30 | 17.19 | 10.94 | 91.20 | 20 |
Spending per child in care or education (0–5 year-olds) (PPP in thousands) | 24.74 | 16.48 | 5.39 | 73.57 | 24 |
Percentage of total education expenditure in ISCED 0 from private sources | 11.57 | 9.14 | 0 | 27.8 | 27 |
Percentage of total education expenditure in ISCED 0 from households | 10.89 | 8.10 | 0 | 26.8 | 17 |
Categorical variables | |||||
Existence of private centre-based ECEC (3–6 year-olds) |  |  |  |  | 30 |
 Non-existent | 50.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Existent | 50.0 |  |  |  |  |
ECEC system being split or integrated | Â | Â | Â | Â | 31 |
 Split | 51.6 |  |  |  |  |
 Mixed | 19.4 |  |  |  |  |
 Integrated | 29.0 |  |  |  |  |