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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the organizational characteristics (managers’ reports; N = 117)

From: Inclusive practice and quality of education and care in the Dutch hybrid early childhood education and care system

Categorical variables

Value

Label

f

%

Legal entity

1

Foundation

67

59.8

2

Foundation under holding

9

8.0

3

Firm, single owner

15

13.4

4

Company

21

18.8

Missing

 

5

 

Profit goal

0

No profit goal

81

75

1

Profit goal

27

25

Missing

 

9

 

Presence of the manager

1

< 1 day present

38

32.5

2

1 day present

11

9.4

3

2 days present

12

10.3

4

3 days present

19

16.2

5

4 days present

25

21.4

6

5 days present

12

10.3

Missing

 

0

 

Continuous variables

Observed range

Mean

SD

Missing

Number of services

1–5

2.00

1.04

4

Autonomy of the manager

2.00–5.00

3.15

0.74

16

Size center (employees)

1–60

9.14

8.27

16

Percentage tenured staff

0–100%

75%

26%

18

Flexibility user-contracts

1.00–3.00

1.45

0.70

12

Positive diversity climate

0.00–4.00

2.26

1.29

2

Professional development

1.00–2.73

1.97

0.35

13

Team-professionalization

1.25–5.38

3.10

0.96

13

Service profile

1.00–5.00

3.07

1.33

13

Inclusive profile

1.00–5.00

3.60

0.82

13

Contact parents—group

0.00–1.00

0.48

0.35

13

Contact parents—outreach

0.00–1.00

0.34

0.24

13

Contact local schools

1.00–6.00

3.09

1.24

13

Contact local services

0.00–1.00

0.54

0.29

15