Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 8:27 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:28 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06386393
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Last Update Posted:
2024-04-29
First Post:
2024-04-23
Brief Title:
Survey on Where Parents Look for and Find Information and How They Use Information When Selecting Child Care
Sponsor:
National Opinion Research Center
Organization:
National Opinion Research Center
Study Overview
Official Title:
Survey on Where Parents Look for and Find Information and How They Use Information When Selecting Child Care
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Status Verified Date:
2024-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The Administration for Children and Families ACF within the US Department of Health and Human Services HHS is contracting with NORC at the University of Chicago to collect nationally representative survey data to learn more about where parents look for and find information about Child Care and Early Education CCEE how parents assess the people places or things that may offer CCEE information what types of CCEE information parents look for and how parents use information to make CCEE selections The study aims to gather information that may be used by Child Care Lead Agencies to inform their consumer education efforts This study is part of the Consumer Education and Parental Choice in Early Care and Education CEPC project
The study will select a nationally representative sample from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak panel The AmeriSpeak panel provides sample coverage of approximately 97 percent of the US population It currently contains 48900 panel members age 13 and over residing in over 40000 households US households are randomly selected with a known non-zero probability from the NORC National Frame and then recruited by mail telephone and by field interviewers face-to-face NORCs in-person recruitment enhances representativeness for young adults lower socio-economic households non-internet households and other households that are typically hard to reach for statistical surveys of the population
The survey respondents are AmeriSpeak panelists of at least 18 years of age who have indicated that they have a young child in the household under the age of 6 years but not in kindergarten If a household has two or more panel members who reside in a household with a young child one will be selected at random to complete the survey with preference given to parentslegal guardians Selected panelists will be asked questions to confirm eligibility for the survey including that the household has at least one child under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten The study is designed to include parents and legal guardians across raceethnicity education level and gender from the full spectrum of geographic locations To include families who may not have English as a preferred language a Spanish version of the survey will be provided The survey will include parents and legal guardians using many kinds of CCEE and those who use parental care only to see if there are differences in how information is used depending on care type In addition the study will include understudied subgroups such as parents who speak a language other than English to help inform consumer education efforts The survey is intended to produce findings that are generalizable to the larger population of parents with children under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten
The study will select a nationally representative sample from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak panel The AmeriSpeak panel provides sample coverage of approximately 97 percent of the US population It currently contains 48900 panel members age 13 and over residing in over 40000 households US households are randomly selected with a known non-zero probability from the NORC National Frame and then recruited by mail telephone and by field interviewers face-to-face NORCs in-person recruitment enhances representativeness for young adults lower socio-economic households non-internet households and other households that are typically hard to reach for statistical surveys of the population
The survey respondents are AmeriSpeak panelists of at least 18 years of age who have indicated that they have a young child in the household under the age of 6 years but not in kindergarten If a household has two or more panel members who reside in a household with a young child one will be selected at random to complete the survey with preference given to parentslegal guardians Selected panelists will be asked questions to confirm eligibility for the survey including that the household has at least one child under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten The study is designed to include parents and legal guardians across raceethnicity education level and gender from the full spectrum of geographic locations To include families who may not have English as a preferred language a Spanish version of the survey will be provided The survey will include parents and legal guardians using many kinds of CCEE and those who use parental care only to see if there are differences in how information is used depending on care type In addition the study will include understudied subgroups such as parents who speak a language other than English to help inform consumer education efforts The survey is intended to produce findings that are generalizable to the larger population of parents with children under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten
Detailed Description:
Aims The primary purpose of the study is to collect nationally representative survey data to learn more about where parents look for and find information about Child Care and Early Education CCEE how parents assess the people places or things that may offer CCEE information what types of CCEE information parents look for and how parents use information to select CCEE The study aims to gather information that may be used by Child Care Lead Agencies to inform their consumer education efforts
The project will select a nationally representative sample from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak panel The AmeriSpeak panel provides sample coverage of approximately 97 percent of the US population It currently contains 48900 panel members age 13 and over residing in over 40000 households US households are randomly selected with a known non-zero probability from the NORC National Frame and then recruited by mail telephone and by field interviewers face-to-face NORCs in-person recruitment enhances representativeness for young adults lower socio-economic households non-internet households and other households that are typically hard to reach for statistical surveys of the population
The survey will collect information about a where parents look for and find information about CCEE b how parents assess the people places or things that may offer CCEE information c how easy or hard it is for parents to find CCEE information d the types of CCEE information that parents look for and say are helpful in choosing CCEE e information about the last time parents made a decision about CCEE and what information they tried to learn about at that time f parents assessments of the CCEE options at the time they made their last CCEE decision g how well parents CCEE decision met their familys needs and h demographic information about families The survey is intended to produce findings that are generalizable to the larger population of parents with children under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten This survey will provide insights on how child care lead agencies can reach parents searching for CCEE and to share consumer education information
The study will address the following research questions
1 Where do parents search for and find information about CCEE options eg family friends states and territories consumer education
2 What types of information are parents searching for before making decisions about CCEE for their children
3 How do parents evaluate the information they find or come across about possible CCEE options
4 How do parents use the information they find or come across to inform the decisions they make about CCEE
5 What characteristics of CCEE programs are most salient to their decision-making process
6 What are key facilitators and barriers to parents finding andor using consumer information
Recruitment and data collection Participants Respondents for this study will include AmeriSpeak panelists who indicated that they have a young child in the household Panelists will be invited to complete the survey if they are at least 18 years of age If a household has two or more panel members who reside in a household with a young child only one panelist will be selected at random to complete the survey with preference given to parentslegal guardians Selected panelists will be asked questions to confirm eligibility for the survey including that the household has at least one child under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten Data will be collected beginning in March 2024 The investigators will recruit panelists using multiple contact modes email mail phone and SMS text messages where appropriate Data will be collected through an online web survey or by an AmeriSpeak interviewer over the phone Both will be available in English and Spanish
Data Analysis The analytic focus of the study is to document and identify patterns in parents knowledge and use of different sources of information during their CCEE search and selection process The investigators will also document and explore parent perspectives and experiences with using different information sources on CCEE including the challenges parents face when they try to find information about CCEE The investigators will begin analysis by creating key variables of interest individual survey items andor factors and inspecting their distributions and rates of missingness If contextual information from other data sources is required eg about local characteristics or information about state consumer-education resources the investigators will prepare those variables during data collection to have available for analysis For example the investigators may use American Community Survey ACS or similar external data sources to better understand the communities where households live Because the main analytic objective is descriptive in nature statistics will be focused on weighted frequencies means and proportions
The project will select a nationally representative sample from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak panel The AmeriSpeak panel provides sample coverage of approximately 97 percent of the US population It currently contains 48900 panel members age 13 and over residing in over 40000 households US households are randomly selected with a known non-zero probability from the NORC National Frame and then recruited by mail telephone and by field interviewers face-to-face NORCs in-person recruitment enhances representativeness for young adults lower socio-economic households non-internet households and other households that are typically hard to reach for statistical surveys of the population
The survey will collect information about a where parents look for and find information about CCEE b how parents assess the people places or things that may offer CCEE information c how easy or hard it is for parents to find CCEE information d the types of CCEE information that parents look for and say are helpful in choosing CCEE e information about the last time parents made a decision about CCEE and what information they tried to learn about at that time f parents assessments of the CCEE options at the time they made their last CCEE decision g how well parents CCEE decision met their familys needs and h demographic information about families The survey is intended to produce findings that are generalizable to the larger population of parents with children under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten This survey will provide insights on how child care lead agencies can reach parents searching for CCEE and to share consumer education information
The study will address the following research questions
1 Where do parents search for and find information about CCEE options eg family friends states and territories consumer education
2 What types of information are parents searching for before making decisions about CCEE for their children
3 How do parents evaluate the information they find or come across about possible CCEE options
4 How do parents use the information they find or come across to inform the decisions they make about CCEE
5 What characteristics of CCEE programs are most salient to their decision-making process
6 What are key facilitators and barriers to parents finding andor using consumer information
Recruitment and data collection Participants Respondents for this study will include AmeriSpeak panelists who indicated that they have a young child in the household Panelists will be invited to complete the survey if they are at least 18 years of age If a household has two or more panel members who reside in a household with a young child only one panelist will be selected at random to complete the survey with preference given to parentslegal guardians Selected panelists will be asked questions to confirm eligibility for the survey including that the household has at least one child under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten Data will be collected beginning in March 2024 The investigators will recruit panelists using multiple contact modes email mail phone and SMS text messages where appropriate Data will be collected through an online web survey or by an AmeriSpeak interviewer over the phone Both will be available in English and Spanish
Data Analysis The analytic focus of the study is to document and identify patterns in parents knowledge and use of different sources of information during their CCEE search and selection process The investigators will also document and explore parent perspectives and experiences with using different information sources on CCEE including the challenges parents face when they try to find information about CCEE The investigators will begin analysis by creating key variables of interest individual survey items andor factors and inspecting their distributions and rates of missingness If contextual information from other data sources is required eg about local characteristics or information about state consumer-education resources the investigators will prepare those variables during data collection to have available for analysis For example the investigators may use American Community Survey ACS or similar external data sources to better understand the communities where households live Because the main analytic objective is descriptive in nature statistics will be focused on weighted frequencies means and proportions
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None