Detailed List of Survey Changes

APPENDIX c

detailed list of survey changes

detailed list of survey changes

Once the Phase I data collection with 10 percent of the study sample was completed, we modified the CCAMPIS questionnaire in response to the high nonresponse rates (and high burden levels) for items on Pell Grant data, child care subsidies, and off-campus centers. After modifying or deleting the items summarized below, we reordered other questions and sections to improve question flow.

1. Deletion of Pell Grant Questions.

• Persistence and graduation information for Pell Grant recipients’ using child care services (including number who graduated, enrolled, or did not enroll, by year)

• Characteristics of Pell Grant students using child care services (including part-/full-time status, sex, ethnicity, race, age, class, and marital and dependency status)

• Deleted the question on fees for Pell Grant recipients

We will attempt to obtain those data through either a secondary analysis of financial aid data or a student survey (being designed, but not implemented, in this study).

2. Modification of Pell Grant Questions. Since children of Pell Grant recipients attending a particular institution are likely to be similar to children of other students attending the same institution, we modified the following questions to ask about the children of all students, rather than of just Pell Grant recipients:

• Characteristics of children of students using child care services (including age group, ethnicity, race, special needs, wait listed)

3. Modification of Subsidies Questions. We modified the following items to ask about only the most recent two years, rather than the last six years:

• Years subsidies were offered, eligibility criteria, subsidy amounts, and use of CCAMPIS funds for subsidies

4. Deletion of Off-Campus Centers Questions.

• Characteristics of Pell Grant students using off-campus child care services (including part-/full-time status, sex, ethnicity, race, age, class, and marital and dependency status)

• Fees and subsidies at off-campus centers (including fees, provision of subsidies by year, use of CCAMPIS funds for subsidies, eligibility criteria, and subsidy amounts)

The remainder of this appendix lists each item from the Phase I questionnaire and indicates the action taken (kept, modified, or dropped) for the Phase II version.

		KEPT	MODIFIED	DROPPED
SECTION I. CHILD CARE SERVICES
A. Funding for Child Care Services
A1.	Services provided	X
A2.	Funding	X
A3.	Use of CCAMPIS funds	X
B. Institutional Resources and Referrals
B1.	Resources and referral services	X
B2.	Contracts with community child care providers	X
B3.	Number of contracts	X
B4.	Contractual content	X
B5.	Network of family child care providers	X
B6.	Number of providers in network	X
C. Pell Grant Recipients: Persistence and Graduation Information
C1.	Year first offering child care services	X
C2.	Persistence and graduation among Pell grant recipients using child care services (2001-2007)			X
C3.	Source of data for C2			X
C4.	Pell Grant students using child care services since 2001-2002 (unduplicated count)			X
C5.	Persistence and graduation among students at C4			X
C6.	Source of data for C4 and C5			X
C7.	Perceived impact of child care provision on persistence and graduation among Pell Grant recipients	X
C8.	Source of data for C7	X
C9.	Factors contributing to improved persistence and graduation	X
C10.	Source of data for C9	X
C11.	Services to add or improve to help Pell Grant recipients persist	X
C12.	Other programs and resources offered that aid in Pell Grant recipient persistence and graduation	X
SECTION II. ON-CAMPUS CHILD CARE CENTERS
D. Operations and Accreditation
D1.	On-campus child care centers (2001-2002 thru 2006-2007)	X
D2.	Number of years on-campus centers has been open	X
D3.	On-campus child care centers licensed, registered, or certified	X
D4.	On-campus child care centers accredited	X
D5.	Accrediting organization	X
D6.	On-campus child care centers seeking accreditation	X
E. Children Using On-Campus Child Care Centers
E1.	Children using on-campus child care centers (2001-2002 through 2006-2007)		2005-2006, 2006-07, col. A-C only
E2.	Age groups of children (Pell)		Children of all students
E3.	Ethnicity of children (Pell)		Children of all students
E4.	Race of children (Pell)		Children of all students
E5.	Children of with special needs (Pell)		Children of all students
E6.	Children on a waiting list for on-campus child care (Pell)		Children of all students
F. Postsecondary Students Using On-Campus Child Care Centers
F1.	Pell Grant recipients using on-campus child care centers (2001-2002 through 2006-2007)			X
F2.	Part-time or full-time status (Pell)			X
F3.	Sex (Pell)			X
F4.	Ethnicity (Pell)			X
F5.	Race (Pell)			X
F6.	Age groups (Pell)			X
F7.	Class (Pell)			X
F8.	Marital and dependency status (Pell)			X
G. Access and Services
G1.	Hours of operation	X
G2.	Days of operation	X
G3.	Services provided by year (2001-2002 thru 2006-2007)	X
H. Staff at On-Campus Centers
H1.	Number of full- and part-time teachers	X
H2.	Education level of teachers	X
H3.	Completion of a Child Development Associate credential	X
H4.	Full- and part-time assistant teachers and aides	X
I. Fees and Subsidies at On-Campus Centers
I1.	Fees for full-fee paying students	X	Add screener for differences in fee rates
I2.	Fees for Pell Grant recipients			X
I3.	Factors impacting fees	X
I4.	Subsidies offered		2005-2006, 2006-2007
I5.	Provision of on-campus subsidies by year and use of CCAMPIS funds for subsidies		2005-2006, 2006-2007
I6.	Eligibility criterion for subsidies		2005-2006, 2006-2007
I7.	Amount of subsidy by year (2001-2002 thru 2006-2007)		2005-2006

		KEPT	MODIFIED	DROPPED
SECTION III. OFF-CAMPUS CHILD CARE CENTERS
J. Operations and Accreditation
J1.	Number of off-campus centers to which referrals are made		Move to Section B
J2.	Years of operation of off-campus centers			X
J3.	Off-campus child care centers licensed, registered, or certified		Move to Section B
J4.	Accreditation of off-campus child care centers			X
J5.	Accrediting organization			X
J6.	Off-campus child care centers seeking accreditation			X
K. Postsecondary Students Using Off-Campus Child Care Centers
K1.	Pell Grant recipients using off-campus child care centers			X
K2.	Part-time or full-time status			X
K3.	Sex (Pell)			X
K4.	Ethnicity (Pell)			X
K5.	Race (Pell)			X
K6.	Age groups (Pell)			X
K7.	Class (Pell)			X
K8.	Marital and dependency status (Pell)			X
L. Fees and Subsidies at Off-Campus Centers
L1.	Fees for full-fee paying students			X
L2.	Fees for Pell Grant recipients			X
L3.	Subsidies offered		Move to Section I
L4.	Provision of off-campus subsidies by year and use of CCAMPIS funds for subsidies			X
L5.	Eligibility criterion for subsidies			X
L6.	Amount of subsidy by year (2001-2002 thru 2006-2007)			X

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