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Child Care Market Rate Survey Practices and Policies of States, Territories, and Tribes, 2005-2006
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Updated Oct 29, 2026
About this dataset
The primary objective of this study was to describe current market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, five territories, and the 28 Native American tribes that conduct their own market rate survey. A market rate survey is a tool to collect up-to-date information on what facilities, within given geographic areas, charge parents for various types of child care. A second objective was to identify the validity issues that emerge from this comparison of current market rate survey practices.
Variables are organized under six specific functions representing the market rate survey process. These were: (1) administration/organization of the market rate survey, (2) facility population and sample, (3) data collection, (4) data analysis, (5) dissemination of the results, and (6) rate setting policy.
<b>Units of Response: </b>Program
<b>Type of Data: </b>Survey
<b>Tribal Data: </b>Yes
<b>Periodicity: </b>One-time
<b>Demographic Indicators: </b>Geographic Areas;Military
<b>SORN: </b>Not Applicable
<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>Yes
<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/rpxlogin
<b>Granularity: </b>Childcare Providers;Individual;State;Tribe
<b>Spatial: </b>United States
<b>Geocoding: </b>Unavailable
Data and resources (8)
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DS3 Market Rate Survey Qualitative Data
This is the qualitative data of the survey. Temporal: Summer 2005 to February 2006, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SPSS
Modified Oct 29, 2026
- HTML
DS3 Market Rate Survey Qualitative Data
This is the qualitative data of the survey. Temporal: Summer 2005 to February 2006, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SPSS
Modified Oct 29, 2026
- HTML
DS1 Market Rate Survey Data
The primary objective of this study was to describe current market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, five territories, and the 28 Native American tribes that conduct their own market rate survey. A market rate survey is a tool to collect…
Modified Oct 29, 2026
- HTML
DS1 Market Rate Survey Data
The primary objective of this study was to describe current market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, five territories, and the 28 Native American tribes that conduct their own market rate survey. A market rate survey is a tool to collect…
Modified Oct 29, 2026
- HTML
DS2 Market Rate Survey Open-Ended Responses Data
This is the qualitative data of the survey's open-ended question responses. Temporal: Summer 2005 to February 2006, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SPSS
Modified Oct 29, 2026
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DS2 Market Rate Survey Open-Ended Responses Data
This is the qualitative data of the survey's open-ended question responses. Temporal: Summer 2005 to February 2006, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SPSS
Modified Oct 29, 2026
- HTML
DS4 Market Rate Survey Merged Data
This is the merged data of the survey. Temporal: Summer 2005 to February 2006, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SPSS
Modified Oct 29, 2026
- HTML
DS4 Market Rate Survey Merged Data
This is the merged data of the survey. Temporal: Summer 2005 to February 2006, Restriction: Restricted-use Aggregate, Formats: ASCII, DELIMITED, SPSS
Modified Oct 29, 2026