Number of licensed day care center slots per 1,000 children aged 0-5 years

This table contains data on the number of licensed day care center slots (facility capacity) per 1,000 children aged 0-5 years in California, its regions, counties, cities, towns, and census tracts. The table contains 2015 data, and includes type of facility (day care center or infant center). Access to child care has become a critical support for working families. Many working families find high-quality child care unaffordable, and the increasing cost of child care can be crippling for low-income families and single parents. These barriers can impact parental choices of child care. Increased availability of child care facilities can positively impact families by providing more choices of child care in terms of price and quality. Estimates for this indicator are provided for the total population, and are not available by race/ethnicity. More information on the data table and a data dictionary can be found in the Data and Resources section. The licensed day care centers table is part of a series of indicators in the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project (HCI) of the Office of Health Equity. The goal of HCI is to enhance public health by providing data, a standardized set of statistical measures, and tools that a broad array of sectors can use for planning healthy communities and evaluating the impact of plans, projects, policy, and environmental changes on community health. The creation of healthy social, economic, and physical environments that promote healthy behaviors and healthy outcomes requires coordination and collaboration across multiple sectors, including transportation, housing, education, agriculture and others. Statistical metrics, or indicators, are needed to help local, regional, and state public health and partner agencies assess community environments and plan for healthy communities that optimize public health. More information on HCI can be found here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Accessible%202%20CDPH_Healthy_Community_Indicators1pager5-16-12.pdf

The format of the licensed day care centers table is based on the standardized data format for all HCI indicators. As a result, this data table contains certain variables used in the HCI project (e.g., indicator ID, and indicator definition). Some of these variables may contain the same value for all observations.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Contact Email [email protected]
Program CDPH Office of Health Equity, Health Research and Statistics Unit
Homepage URL https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/Pages/OfficeHealthEquity.aspx
Temporal Coverage

2015

Spatial/Geographic Coverage

Statewide

Geographic Granularity Census Tract
Language English (EN)
Frequency Other
Source Link https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/Pages/HCI-Search.aspx
Data Collection Tool

The addresses of currently licensed daycare centers were downloaded from California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for the week of June 21, 2015. The addresses were geocoded in ArcMap 10.3 and spatially joined to 2010 Census tracts and imported to SAS for analysis. The number of licensed daycare center slots was aggregated from Census tract to higher geography levels (city, county sub division, county, region, state) and merged with the total children population aged 0-2 or 2-5, depending on the type of facility. The rate of daycare center slots per 1,000 children population was calculated by dividing the number of daycare center slots by child population and multiplying by 1,000. Regional estimates were based on county groupings associated with California metropolitan planning organizations as reported in 2010 California Regional Progress Report.

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Secondary Sources

California Department of Social Services (CDSS), Community Care Licensing. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Summary File 2, Table PCT3.

Citation

Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project, CDPH. 2017. Licensed daycare center slots 2015

Last Updated October 1, 2020, 16:12 (UTC)