Children Under 13NCT07020585
2024 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) Longitudinal Follow-ups
An observational study of Children Under 13, run by National Opinion Research Center at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) captures families' needs, preferences, and choices of non-parental care for children under age 13 and providers' child care and early education offerings. Since the NSECE was conducted in 2019, the landscape of ECE has changed dramatically. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Children Under 13
- How many people
- 10,000 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 6 Jan 2025to Mar 2026
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Households that participated in 2024 NSECE Household Survey. Households with children under 13 years. Individuals who participated in the 2024 NSECE Workforce (Classroom Staff) Survey working in center-based classrooms.
Who may be able to join
- Households which participated in 2024 NSECE (1) with incomes under 300% of the federal poverty (FPL) and with at least one resident child under the age of 13-years and/or (2) who had used paid care by an individual in the spring of 2024
- Respondents for the workforce (classroom staff) survey are selected from the 2024 NSECE respondents and were employed in early 2024 in center-based ECE programs working directly with children in classrooms serving children age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten.
Who cannot join
- -
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
NORC at the University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60603
About this study
The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) captures families' needs, preferences, and choices of non-parental care for children under age 13 and providers' child care and early education offerings. Since the NSECE was conducted in 2019, the landscape of ECE has changed dramatically. Funding for early childhood programming has grown as policymakers recognize the important role access to ECE plays for families as a work support for parents and an investment in children's future educational and economic opportunities. At the same time, beginning in 2020, the nation experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to significant shifts in the U.S. economy. These circumstances likely altered parents' use of ECE and the labor market and economic forces in which ECE providers operate. The 2024 NSECE builds on findings from the 2012 and 2019 NSECE to allow for comparisons of supply and demand of child care and early education over the 12 years that span data collection.
The 2024 NSECE Follow-up studies build on findings from the 2024 NSECE to allow for more in-depth information on how families search for and select care for their children, as well as an understanding of workforce career trajectories. The 2024 NSECE Follow-up studies aim to inform future policy discussions about child care and early education at the local, state, and national levels by providing data to:
- Build on the data collected in 2024 to collect additional and more in-depth data.
- Capture how low-income households learn about and make use of financial assistance in seeking and selecting ECE, with additional focus on paid individual care arrangements.
- Document patterns of retention and attrition among individuals in the center based ECE workforce.
Read the detailed description
To expand on the 2024 NSECE data regarding the use of ECE, the NSECE Follow-up is conducting two nationally representative surveys. These surveys target (1) households and (2) center-based provider workforce to gather more detailed information.
The Household Survey is being conducted with households participating in the 2024 NSECE and either a. reporting a paid individual ECE arrangement in the 2024 NSECE, and/or b. having at least one resident child under age 13 and who reported incomes under the 300% Federal poverty level in the 2024 NSECE. These two populations are not mutually exclusive. Eligible respondents are identified by the information collected on 2024 NSECE. This survey documents the ECE search and selection experiences of households with low incomes. Key questionnaire topics include details on households' awareness of and experience with publicly-funded ECE programs, how households selected ECE arrangements for fall 2024, who provided paid individual care to the households' children in early 2024, whether households sought financial assistance for ECE, and the current status of individual care arrangements used in spring 2024.
These data will help to answer such research questions as (1) Which arrangements from winter/spring 2024 are still in effect in fall 2024? (2) What ECE programs are families aware of in their local area, and how much do they know about program rules and the family's own eligibility? (3) What factors contribute to how a family undertakes search and selection for their children? (4) Which desired characteristics of providers are most challenging for parents to satisfy in their search activities? (5) What steps did families take to find affordable care? The Workforce (Classroom Staff) Survey sample is comprised of individuals who participated in the 2024 NSECE Workforce Survey (i.e., served as center-based classroom-assigned instructional staff in 2024). This survey documents the career trajectory of ECE classroom staff, identifying individuals who still work at the same center, individuals who moved to a different center but still work in ECE, individuals who do not currently work in ECE, and individuals who do not currently work.
The questionnaire identifies patterns of retention and attrition among individuals in the center based ECE workforce. Key questionnaire topics include identifying job transitions, their current role for the individuals who are in the working force, career trajectories, and more information about their current job.
The data will answer such questions as (1) What are the characteristics and experiences of educators who leave an ECE classroom role? (2) What reasons do workers report for leaving their classroom roles? What center, classroom, or worker characteristics are associated with workers leaving classroom roles? (3) What motivates educators to stay in their current centers and in ECE? (4) What community, center, professional or personal characteristics are related to advancement or improvements in compensation over that period? (5) Which educators have looked for other employment recently? (6) What do educators report about their job satisfaction?
- Conditions
- Children Under 13
- Keywords
- Early care and education, Center-based providers, Home-based providers, Caregivers, Child care, Workforce, ECE
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Households | Interviews conducted with households (1) with incomes under 300% of the federal poverty (FPL) and with at least one resident child under the age of 13 years and/or (2) who had used paid care by an individual in the spring of 2024. Households will be drawn from the 2024 NSECE. | |
| Workforce (Classroom Staff) | Interviews conducted with individuals who were employed in 2024 in center-based ECE programs working directly with children in classrooms serving children age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten. Participants will be drawn from the 2024 NSECE. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Search and Selection of ECE
The household questionnaire collects information on how each household seek and choose ECE, including information about the status of ECE arrangements from the main interview, if and how households seek financial assistance for ECE, and the origin and current status of individual care arrangements used in 2024.
Measured: January 2025 to May 2025
Career Trajectories of ECE Workforce
The workforce classroom staff questionnaire collects information about job transition (current employment status, current role, including occupation, work schedule, recent job search), career trajectories (career experiences in different ECE settings, wage and role progression, non-ECE career experience), current employment characteristics (compensation, current work location, work environment, job satisfaction), and current work in ECE (current title, characteristics of current position, program characteristics, wellness support, experiences of program turnover, and promotions).
Measured: September 2025 to December 2025
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Jun 2025
- Study start6 Jan 2025
- Primary completionDec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completionMar 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Children Under 13Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Ecologic or community
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 10,000 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Opinion Research Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Rupa Datta, National Opinion Research Center
- Investigators
- Rupa Datta, PhD, Principal investigator, NORC at the University of Chicago
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07020585
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HHSP233201500048I-FU
- Status last verified
- Jun 2025
- First submitted
- 29 May 2025
- Last updated
- 13 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- 2024 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) Longitudinal Follow-ups
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07020585
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HHSP233201500048I-FU
- Conditions
- Children Under 13
- Keywords
- Early care and education, Center-based providers, Home-based providers, Caregivers, Child care, Workforce, ECE
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 10,000 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- National Opinion Research CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
- Study start
- 6 Jan 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Mar 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 13 Jun 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) captures families' needs, preferences, and choices of non-parental care for children under age 13 and providers' child care and early education offerings. Since the NSECE was conducted in 2019, the landscape of ECE has changed dramatically. Funding for early childhood programming has grown as policymakers recognize the important role access to ECE plays for families as a work support for parents and an investment in children's future educational and economic opportunities. At the same time, beginning in 2020, the nation experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to significant shifts in the U.S. economy. These circumstances likely altered parents' use of ECE and the labor market and economic forces in which ECE providers operate. The 2024 NSECE builds on findings from the 2012 and 2019 NSECE to allow for comparisons of supply and demand of child care and early education over the 12 years that span data collection.
The 2024 NSECE Follow-up studies build on findings from the 2024 NSECE to allow for more in-depth information on how families search for and select care for their children, as well as an understanding of workforce career trajectories. The 2024 NSECE Follow-up studies aim to inform future policy discussions about child care and early education at the local, state, and national levels by providing data to:
- Build on the data collected in 2024 to collect additional and more in-depth data.
- Capture how low-income households learn about and make use of financial assistance in seeking and selecting ECE, with additional focus on paid individual care arrangements.
- Document patterns of retention and attrition among individuals in the center based ECE workforce.
Detailed description
To expand on the 2024 NSECE data regarding the use of ECE, the NSECE Follow-up is conducting two nationally representative surveys. These surveys target (1) households and (2) center-based provider workforce to gather more detailed information.
The Household Survey is being conducted with households participating in the 2024 NSECE and either a. reporting a paid individual ECE arrangement in the 2024 NSECE, and/or b. having at least one resident child under age 13 and who reported incomes under the 300% Federal poverty level in the 2024 NSECE. These two populations are not mutually exclusive. Eligible respondents are identified by the information collected on 2024 NSECE. This survey documents the ECE search and selection experiences of households with low incomes. Key questionnaire topics include details on households' awareness of and experience with publicly-funded ECE programs, how households selected ECE arrangements for fall 2024, who provided paid individual care to the households' children in early 2024, whether households sought financial assistance for ECE, and the current status of individual care arrangements used in spring 2024.
These data will help to answer such research questions as (1) Which arrangements from winter/spring 2024 are still in effect in fall 2024? (2) What ECE programs are families aware of in their local area, and how much do they know about program rules and the family's own eligibility? (3) What factors contribute to how a family undertakes search and selection for their children? (4) Which desired characteristics of providers are most challenging for parents to satisfy in their search activities? (5) What steps did families take to find affordable care? The Workforce (Classroom Staff) Survey sample is comprised of individuals who participated in the 2024 NSECE Workforce Survey (i.e., served as center-based classroom-assigned instructional staff in 2024). This survey documents the career trajectory of ECE classroom staff, identifying individuals who still work at the same center, individuals who moved to a different center but still work in ECE, individuals who do not currently work in ECE, and individuals who do not currently work.
The questionnaire identifies patterns of retention and attrition among individuals in the center based ECE workforce. Key questionnaire topics include identifying job transitions, their current role for the individuals who are in the working force, career trajectories, and more information about their current job.
The data will answer such questions as (1) What are the characteristics and experiences of educators who leave an ECE classroom role? (2) What reasons do workers report for leaving their classroom roles? What center, classroom, or worker characteristics are associated with workers leaving classroom roles? (3) What motivates educators to stay in their current centers and in ECE? (4) What community, center, professional or personal characteristics are related to advancement or improvements in compensation over that period? (5) Which educators have looked for other employment recently? (6) What do educators report about their job satisfaction?
Study design
- Observational model
- Ecologic or community
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Households | – | –Interviews conducted with households (1) with incomes under 300% of the federal poverty (FPL) and with at least one resident child under the age of 13 years and/or (2) who had used paid care by an individual in the spring of 2024. Households will be drawn from the 2024 NSECE. |
| Workforce (Classroom Staff) | – | –Interviews conducted with individuals who were employed in 2024 in center-based ECE programs working directly with children in classrooms serving children age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten. Participants will be drawn from the 2024 NSECE. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Households that participated in 2024 NSECE Household Survey. Households with children under 13 years. Individuals who participated in the 2024 NSECE Workforce (Classroom Staff) Survey working in center-based classrooms.
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Households which participated in 2024 NSECE (1) with incomes under 300% of the federal poverty (FPL) and with at least one resident child under the age of 13-years and/or (2) who had used paid care by an individual in the spring of 2024
- Respondents for the workforce (classroom staff) survey are selected from the 2024 NSECE respondents and were employed in early 2024 in center-based ECE programs working directly with children in classrooms serving children age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- -
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Search and Selection of ECE
Time frame: January 2025 to May 2025
The household questionnaire collects information on how each household seek and choose ECE, including information about the status of ECE arrangements from the main interview, if and how households seek financial assistance for ECE, and the origin and current status of individual care arrangements used in 2024.
Career Trajectories of ECE Workforce
Time frame: September 2025 to December 2025
The workforce classroom staff questionnaire collects information about job transition (current employment status, current role, including occupation, work schedule, recent job search), career trajectories (career experiences in different ECE settings, wage and role progression, non-ECE career experience), current employment characteristics (compensation, current work location, work environment, job satisfaction), and current work in ECE (current title, characteristics of current position, program characteristics, wellness support, experiences of program turnover, and promotions).
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Jun 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Rupa Datta, PhD principal investigator
NORC at the University of Chicago
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Children Under 13, run by National Opinion Research Center at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jun 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Search and Selection of ECE (time frame: January 2025 to May 2025). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jun 2025; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.