National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), 2012

The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) is a set of four integrated, nationally representative surveys conducted in 2012. These were surveys of (1) households with children under 13, (2) home-based providers (3) center-based providers, and (4) the center-based provider workforce. The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) documents the nation's current utilization and availability of early care and education (including school-age care), in order to deepen the understanding of the extent to which families' needs and preferences coordinate well with providers' offerings and constraints. The experiences of low-income families are of special interest as they are the focus of a significant component of early care and education/school-age (ECE/SA) public policy. The NSECE calls for nationally-representative samples including interviews in all fifty states and Washington, DC. The study is funded by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), United States Department of Health and Human Services. The project team is led by NORC at the University of Chicago, in partnership with Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and Child Trends. Additional information about this study can be found on the NSECE Web site. The Quick Tabulation and Public-Use Files are currently available via this site. Restricted-Use Files are also available at three different access levels; to determine which level of file access will best meet your needs, please see the NSECE Data Files Overview for more information. Restricted-Use Files are available via Research Connections. To obtain the Level 1 files, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of the Restricted Data Use Agreement and complete an application via ICPSR's online Restricted Data Contracting System. Level 2 and 3 Restricted-Use Files are available via the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). For more information, please see the access instructions for NSECE Levels 2/3 Restricted-Use Data.

《全国早期儿童保育与教育调查》（NSECE）系一套于2012年进行的四个相互整合、具有全国代表性的调查。这些调查分别针对（1）13岁以下儿童的家庭，（2）居家照护提供者，（3）中心式照护提供者以及（4）中心式照护提供者的人力资源。本调查旨在记录我国当前早期儿童保育与教育（包括学龄前照护）的利用率和可用性，以深化对家庭需求与偏好与提供者服务及限制之间协调一致程度的理解。低收入家庭的经历因其是早期儿童保育与教育/学龄前（ECE/SA）公共政策的重要组成部分而受到特别关注。NSECE要求选取具有全国代表性的样本，包括对全五十个州及华盛顿特区的访谈。该研究由美国卫生与公众服务部儿童和家庭管理局规划、研究与评估办公室（OPRE）资助。项目团队由芝加哥大学的NORC领导，与芝加哥大学的Chapin Hall和Child Trends合作。更多关于该研究的详细信息可在NSECE网站找到。快速汇总和公共使用文件目前可通过该网站获取。受限使用文件也以三个不同访问级别提供；为确定哪个级别的文件访问最能满足您的需求，请参阅NSECE数据文件概览以获取更多信息。受限使用文件可通过Research Connections获取。要获取第1级文件，研究人员必须同意受限数据使用协议的条款和条件，并通过ICPSR在线受限数据合同系统提交申请。第2级和第3级受限使用文件可通过国家意见研究中心（NORC）获取。更多详情，请参阅NSECE第2/3级受限使用数据的访问说明。