childcare: National Database of Childcare Prices

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National Database of Childcare Prices

Description

A dataset that provides information on childcare prices and other demographics at the county-year level in the United States. Childcare prices are based on market rate surveys. The variables are as follows:

Usage

data(childcare)

Format

A (tibble) data frame with 34,567 rows and 15 variables.

Details

• state. State.

• county. County.

• fips. Five-digit number that uniquely identifies the county in a state.

• year. Year the data collection began for the market rate survey.

• unem_rate. Unemployment rate of the population aged 16 years old or older (

• poverty_rate. Poverty rate for families.

• median_hh_income. Median household income.

• pop. Count of the total population.

• black. Percent of population that identifies as being one race and being only Black or African American.

• hispanic. Percent of population that identifies as being Hispanic or Latino regardless of race.

• white. Percent of population that identifies as being one race and being only White or Caucasian.

• infant_price. Aggregated weekly, full-time median price charged for Center-based Care for infants (i.e. aged 0 through 23 months).

• toddler_price. Aggregated weekly, full-time median price charged for Center-based Care for toddlers (i.e. aged 24 through 35 months).

• preschool_price. Aggregated weekly, full-time median price charged for Center-based Care for preschoolers (i.e. aged 36 through 54 months).

• infant_family_price. Aggregated weekly, full-time median price charged for Family Childcare for infants (i.e. aged 0 through 23 months).

Source

National Database of Childcare Prices from the Department of Labor. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/featured-childcare.

hail2thief/ladata documentation built on Sept. 9, 2024, 1:28 p.m.