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Scottish Study of Early Learning and Childcare: Phase 1 Report - Updated 2021

Published: 14 August 2019
From: Director-General Education and Justice
Directorate: Learning Directorate, +1 more … Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
Part of: Children and families
ISBN: 9781800049550

Phase 1 of the Scottish Study of Early Learning and Childcare (SSELC) aimed to gather a robust baseline of child and parent outcomes for a cohort of eligible two-year-olds who were receiving 600 hours of funded early learning and childcare provision.

Early learning and childcare expansion evaluation

Supporting documents

Appendix B – Supplementary tables

Table B1: Average duration of a one-trip journey from home to the setting by area deprivation

	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %	All %
0 to 5 minutes	37	37	36
6 to 10 minutes	25	28	27
11 to 15 minutes	20	18	18
16 to 20 minutes	11	12	11
21 to 30 minutes	6	5	6
more than 30 minutes	2	1	1
Unweighted base	189	217	414

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B2: % of parents who participated in various activities at child’s nursery by highest qualification of respondent

	None	Standard Grade, National 3, 4 or 5, or equivalent	Higher Grade or equivalent	HNC, HND or equivalent	Degree or equivalent
Visited your child`s room	93	93	94	95	88
Attended a parents evening or information meeting	24	34	56	44	30
Attended another type of nursery event	28	39	54	45	40
Helped out or offered to help out in the nursery including on a trip or with a nursery event	15	16	24	10	15
Stayed and played with your child	50	56	66	59	55
Discussed your child`s progress with her / his keyworker or another member of staff	83	80	91	88	87
Talked to someone about how to support your child`s learning at home	30	36	56	41	39
Spoken to someone about money or your welfare rights	2	6	9	8	6
Received help with transport to and from the nursery	2	4	-	4	1
Had support with food or clothing	7	5	9	4	1
Learned a new skill such as cooking	4	3	6	4	4
None of these	2	3	-	-	-
Unweighted base	46	147	68	78	67

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B3: ASQ communication domain score by how often child sleeps through the night and whether ever breastfed

	How often child sleeps through the night without waking or needing to be comforted					Whether child ever breastfed
	Never %	1-2 times a week %	3-5 times a week %	6 times a week %	Every night %	Yes %	No %
Further assessment may be needed	40	46	30	30	37	40	36
Monitoring suggested	17	13	15	23	19	13	19
Development appears on schedule	43	41	55	47	44	47	45
Unweighted base	77	54	74	43	162	161	243

Base: All children (keyworker observations)

Table B4: SDQ emotional symptoms domain score by child’s sex and area deprivation

	Male %	Female %	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %
Close to average	81	78	82	78
Slightly raised	7	7	6	7
High	4	6	4	6
Very high	8	9	8	9
Unweighted base	296	266	256	293

Base: All children (keyworker observations)

Table B5: SDQ conduct problems domain score by child’s sex and area deprivation

	Male %	Female %	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %
Close to average	68	70	66	70
Slightly raised	13	9	13	10
High	7	8	8	7
Very high	12	13	13	13
Unweighted base	297	266	256	294

Base: All children (keyworker observations)

Table B6: SDQ total difficulties score by how often child sleeps through the night

	How often child sleeps through the night without waking or needing to be comforted
	Never %	1-2 times a week %	3-5 times a week %	6 times a week %	Every night %
Close to average	45	45	44	58	38
Slightly raised	18	22	33	26	26
High	18	20	11	7	16
Very high	18	13	12	9	21
Unweighted base	77	55	73	43	160

Base: All children (keyworker observations)

Table B7: Child’s general health by single parent/couple household

	Single parent %	Couple household %
Very good	56	58
Good	33	31
Fair	10	10
Bad	1	1
Very Bad	0	1
Unweighted base	220	195

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B8: Parental concerns about how child talks by area deprivation and single parent/couple household

	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %	Single parent %	Couple household %
No	68	65	72	62
A little	19	17	19	17
Yes	12	18	10	21
Unweighted base	196	219	221	195

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B9: Parental concerns about what the child understands by area deprivation and single parent/couple household

	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %	Single parent %	Couple household %
No	84	85	85	84
A little	12	9	9	11
Yes	5	7	6	5
Unweighted base	196	220	221	196

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B10: How often child sleeps through the night by area deprivation

	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %
Never	20	19
1-2 times a week	14	12
3-5 times a week	18	18
6 times a week	8	12
Every night	40	39
Unweighted base	193	221

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B11: Whether child ever breastfeed by area deprivation

	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %
Yes	40	41
No	60	59
Unweighted base	194	213

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B12: Parent’s economic activity by area deprivation

	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %
Working 30 or more hours a week (including if currently on leave or sick)	5	16
Working fewer than 30 hours a week (including if currently on leave or sick)	24	18
On maternity/parental leave from an employer	3	1
Looking after home or family	68	71
Waiting to take up paid work already obtained	1	0
Out of work and looking for a job	10	7
Out of work, because of long-term sickness or disability	10	9
On a Government training or employment scheme	1	0
In full-time education (including on vacation)	4	6
In part-time education (including on vacation)	1	1
Wholly retired	-	1
Not in paid work for some other reason	15	8
Unweighted base	195	218

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B13: Parent’s general health by single parent/couple household

	Single parent %	Couple household %
Very good	23	24
Good	38	38
Fair	29	27
Bad	8	9
Very Bad	1	2
Unweighted base	221	196

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B14: % of parents who participated in various activities at child’s nursery by highest qualification of respondent

	None %	Standard Grade, National 3, 4 or 5, or equivalent %	Higher Grade or equivalent %	HNC, HND or equivalent %	Degree or equivalent %
Very good	28	21	15	29	29
Good	38	40	40	36	38
Fair	28	29	26	29	25
Bad	4	9	13	5	7
Very Bad	2	1	6	-	-
Unweighted base	47	147	68	78	68

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

Table B15: % agreeing activities done and perceived change in feelings because of child being in nursery by area deprivation

	Most deprived 20% %	Other areas %
Because child is in nursery, able to think about what may do in the future	69	65
Because child is in nursery, have been feeling less stressed	62	60
Because child is in nursery, have been able to work or look for work	40	43
Because child is in nursery, have been able to study or improve work-related skills	27	26
Unweighted base	193	211

Base: All respondents (parent survey)

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