Children’s negative experiences as a part of quality evaluation in early childhood education and care

Figures & data

Table 1. Children’s negative experiences in ECEC (%) (N = 2370).

Category	Subcategory	Male	Female	Total
Interaction	Peer interaction	34.7%a	33.8%a	34.3%
	Interaction in general	11.9%a	18.7%b	15.3%
Activities	Daily activities	20.6%a	20.3%a	20.4%
	Play situations	6.8%a	7.1%a	6.9%
	Guided activities	6.0%a	2.7%b	4.4%
ECEC customs	Discomfort	8.3%a	8.1%a	8.2%
	Rules and restrictions	6.4%a	4.3%a	5.4%
	ECEP and their actions	3.3%a	3.1%a	3.2%
	Other	2.0%a	1.9%a	1.9%
Total		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Notes: The subscript letter denotes the gender categories whose column percentages do not differ significantly from each other at the .05 level.

Table 2. Age differences of children in negative ECEC experiences.

Category	Subcategory	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 years	6 years	Total
Interaction	Peer interaction	34.3%a. b	34.8%a. b	39.2%b	30.8%a	32.4%a. b	34.3%
	Challenges in interaction	9.6%a	13.9%a	14.7%a. b	20.1%b	14.6%a	15.3%
Activities	Daily activities	13.9%a. b	13.5%b	20.0%a. c	24.3%c	25.5%c	20.4%
	Play situations	6.6%a. b. c	11.9%c	8.2%b. c	4.8%a. b	3.8%a	6.9%
	Guided activities	0.6%a	2.9%a. b	2.9%a. b	4.3%b	9.1%c	4.4%
ECEC routines	Discomfort	23.5%a	13.2%b	4.7%c	5.0%c	3.8%c	8.2%
	Rules and restrictions	7.8%a	5.2%a	4.5%a	5.3%a	5.5%a	5.4%
	ECEP and their actions	1.8%a	1.9%a	4.2%a	3.5%a	3.6%a	3.2%
	Other	1.8%a	2.6%a	1.6%a	2.0%a	1.6%a	1.9%
Total		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Notes: Each subscript letter denotes a subset of the age in years categories whose column percentages do not differ significantly from each other at the .05 level.