ERiK-Methodological Report V : Design and Implementation of the ERiK-Surveys 2024.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuger, Susanne.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : W., Verlag Bertelsmann GmbH & Co. KG, 2026.

Summary:

The ERiK-Methodological Report V is the fifth in a series of methodological reports related to the 'Entwicklung von Rahmenbedingungen in der Kindertagesbetreuung - indikatorengestützte Qualitätsbeobachtung (ERiK)' study. The report contains all background information on the methodology of the ERiK-Surveys 2024.

Contents:

Methodological Report V

Imprint

Contents

1. Preface

2. Introduction

3. Target Populations

3.1 Directors of Day-Care Centres

3.2 Pedagogical Staff of Day-Care Centres

3.3 Family Day-Care Workers

3.4 Youth Welfare Offices

3.5 Providers of Day-Care Centres

3.6 Parents of Children in Day-Care

4. Sampling Frames

4.1 Federal State Lists

Table 4.1-1: Additional information in the lists of names and addresses of day-care centres and provider, by federal state

Table 4.1-2: Sampling Frames ERiK-Survey 2024 and 2022: Day-Care Centres

4.2 Youth Welfare Offices &amp

Family Day-Care Workers

5. Sampling Designs

Table 5-1: Sampling and Survey Design ERiK-Surveys 2024

5.1 Day-Care Centres: Directors &amp

Pedagogical Staff

5.2 Youth Welfare Offices &amp

5.3 Providers

6. ERiK Parent Survey (KiBS)

Table 6-1: Upper and Lower Bounds of Response Rates

7. Implementation of the ERiK-Surveys 2024

7.1 Questionnaires

Table 7-1: Contacting and Survey Design of the ERiK-Surveys 2022 &amp

2024

7.2 Field Period

Table 7.2-1: Contents of invitation letters for different populations

Directors &amp

Figure 7.2-1: Cumulative response numbers of directors and pedagogical staff in the ERiK-Surveys 2024

Youth Welfare Offices &amp

Figure 7.2-2: Cumulative response numbers of youth welfare offices and family day-care workers in the ERiK-Surveys 2024

7.3 Providers

Figure 7.2-3: Cumulative response numbers of providers in the ERiK-Surveys 2024

7.4 Number of Completed Questionnaires and Response Rates

Table 7.3-1: Response Rates of the ERiK-Surveys 2024 compared to 2022 and 2020

Figure 7.3-1: Mode Choice by Population and Year in the ERiK-Surveys 2020, 2022 &amp

2024 (in percent).

7.5 Nonresponse Surveys

8. Data Quality of the ERiK-Surveys 2024

8.1 Limited Comparability of the 2020, 2022 and 2024 Surveys

Changed Target Populations in 2022 for Directors &amp

Improved Sampling Frame for Providers of Childcare in 2022 and 2024

No Calibration for Providers in 2024

Complete Survey of Family Day-Care Workers from 2022 Onwards

8.2 Weighting

Table 8.2-1: Weighting Overview ERiK-Surveys 2024

Design Weights

Table 8.2-2: Selection Probability (1) &amp

Design Weight (2) Calculations ERiK-Surveys 2024

Nonresponse Weights

Table 8.2-3: Random Forests Hyperparameters

Table 8.2-4: Selected Hyperparameters of Random Forests

Table 8.2-5: Results of Random Forest vs. Logistic Regression

Calibrated Weights

8.3 Informative Value at Federal and State Level

Table 8.3-1: Rules for dealing with small case numbers

Figure 8.3-1: Informative Value of the ERiK-Surveys at the Federal and State Levels in 2024 &amp

2022

9. Summary

10. Bibliography

11. Appendix

Table 11-1: Population and Samples of KiBS Surveys

Table 11-2: Completeness of contact data entries in address lists of providers and daycare centres

Table 11-3: Overview of the weighting process for the ERiK-Surveys 2024

List of Figures

List of Tables.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

OCLC:

1595745722