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Table 5 Quantile regression results for the price equation with province dummies

From: Does quality matter in determining child care prices? Evidence from private child care provision in Turkey

 

Quantile of prices

Variables

Q(0.10)

Q(0.25)

Q(0.50)

Q(0.75)

Q(0.90)

Infrastructure Quality Score

0.168

0.347**

0.020

0.099

0.001

 

(0.146)

(0.170)

(0.146)

(0.110)

(0.112)

Curriculum and Materials Quality Score

− 0.034

− 0.049

− 0.011

− 0.034

0.009

 

(0.077)

(0.060)

(0.047)

(0.037)

(0.039)

HR Quality Score

0.001

− 0.077

− 0.014

− 0.056

− 0.022

 

(0.100)

(0.083)

(0.047)

(0.038)

(0.040)

Center is accredited by MoNE

− 0.112

0.106

0.104

0.190*

0.279***

 

(0.134)

(0.137)

(0.115)

(0.112)

(0.098)

Age of the center

− 0.028

− 0.002

0.002

− 0.002

0.002

 

(0.019)

(0.016)

(0.008)

(0.007)

(0.007)

Total enrollment in a school

− 0.002

0.001

− 0.000

− 0.001

− 0.002**

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Number of hours the center is open on a Monday

0.049

0.037

0.047

0.011

− 0.028

 

(0.043)

(0.050)

(0.036)

(0.033)

(0.038)

Center provides service for extended hours

0.433

0.631*

0.356

0.222

0.202

 

(0.312)

(0.381)

(0.253)

(0.226)

(0.274)

Number of weeks the center operates in a year

0.011

0.001

0.008

0.000

− 0.008

 

(0.012)

(0.010)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

Center provides free transportation

− 0.099

− 0.144

− 0.103

− 0.150

− 0.298***

 

(0.201)

(0.178)

(0.126)

(0.101)

(0.091)

High neighborhood welfare

0.757**

0.723***

0.650***

0.605**

0.510

 

(0.333)

(0.273)

(0.223)

(0.304)

(0.461)

Medium neighborhood welfare

0.379

0.270

0.044

0.119

0.125

 

(0.321)

(0.276)

(0.240)

(0.317)

(0.470)

Province: Denizli

− 0.493*

− 0.680**

− 0.524**

− 0.302

− 0.451**

 

(0.297)

(0.304)

(0.256)

(0.209)

(0.182)

Province: Eskisehir

− 0.237

− 0.535*

− 0.171

− 0.140

− 0.040

 

(0.249)

(0.288)

(0.203)

(0.154)

(0.149)

Province: Gaziantep

− 0.397

− 0.365

− 0.347

− 0.110

− 0.079

 

(0.253)

(0.234)

(0.212)

(0.206)

(0.163)

Province: Samsun

− 0.321**

− 0.267*

− 0.164

− 0.118

0.084

 

(0.162)

(0.147)

(0.132)

(0.146)

(0.123)

Constant

5.061***

5.466***

5.591***

6.383***

7.294***

 

(0.780)

(0.943)

(0.538)

(0.606)

(0.835)

Number of observations

173

173

173

173

173

Pseudo R2

0.373

0.246

0.308

0.402

0.355

  1. Bootstrapped standard errors are in parentheses *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
  2. “Low neighborhood welfare” and “Province: Istanbul” are omitted categories. Q(0.10), Q(0.25), Q(0.50), Q(0.75) and Q(0.90) represent 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 0.90 quantiles, respectively