Table 2 OLS results for the price equation

Overall Quality Score

0.199*

0.146

0.134

(0.115)

(0.101)

(0.092)

Infrastructure Quality Score

0.214**

0.163*

0.154*

(0.107)

(0.096)

(0.088)

Curriculum and Materials Quality Score

− 0.058

− 0.053

− 0.061*

(0.047)

(0.039)

(0.034)

HR Quality Score

0.006

− 0.015

− 0.027

(0.056)

(0.048)

(0.042)

Center is accredited by MoNE

0.253***

0.085

0.252***

0.090

(0.062)

(0.092)

(0.062)

(0.091)

Age of the center

− 0.014

− 0.014

− 0.013*

− 0.013*

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.008)

Total enrollment in a school

− 0.002*

− 0.001

− 0.002

− 0.001

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Number of hours the center is open on a Monday

0.043*

0.013

0.041

0.009

(0.026)

(0.027)

(0.025)

(0.026)

Center provides service for extended hours

0.157

0.296

0.146

0.304*

(0.155)

(0.182)

(0.140)

(0.172)

Number of weeks the center operates in a year

− 0.003

− 0.005

− 0.000

− 0.001

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.005)

(0.005)

Center provides free transportation

− 0.186**

− 0.212**

− 0.176**

− 0.201**

(0.083)

(0.086)

(0.078)

(0.082)

High neighborhood welfare

0.518**

0.548**

0.529**

0.554***

(0.228)

(0.235)

(0.210)

(0.210)

Medium neighborhood welfare

0.059

0.060

0.067

0.061

(0.230)

(0.243)

(0.209)

(0.215)

Province: Denizli

− 0.481***

− 0.517***

(0.170)

(0.172)

Province: Eskisehir

− 0.211*

− 0.230*

(0.123)

(0.133)

Province: Gaziantep

− 0.355**

− 0.341**

(0.155)

(0.154)

Province: Samsun

− 0.217**

− 0.220**

(0.099)

(0.097)

Constant

6.544***

6.043***

6.610***

6.544***

5.924***

6.483***

(0.038)

(0.425)

(0.538)

(0.0381)

(0.398)

(0.502)

Number of observations

173

173

173

173

173

173

R²

0.135

0.436

0.488

0.157

0.454

0.510