Enrolments in Licensed Early Childhood Services

As at 1 July 2008 there were 176,993 enrolments in licensed early childhood services. The data can be viewed by a range of dimensions. Enrolment data are available from the following tables:

	Age	Authority	Ethnic Group	Operating Structure	Type of Service	Education Region	Regional Council	Territorial Authority
Age
Authority
Ethnic Group
Operating Structure
Type of Service
Education Region
Regional Council						n/a
Territorial Authority						n/a	n/a

Enrolments in Licensed Early Childhood Services data dimensions

The dimensions are:

Age:

The age of the child enrolled in the licensed early childhood service.

Authority:

The ownership of the early childhood service that the child is enrolled in. This can be Community Based or Privately Owned. Note that the Correspondence school is state owned and has its own authority.

Ethnic Group:

The ethnic group the child that is enrolled belongs to, for example, Māori, Asian. The ethnic group data is presented at level 1 and prioritised.

Operating Structure:

Describes whether a service that the child is enrolled in operates in sessions, or as a full day service, or as a mixture of the two. Note that the Correspondence school is listed separately.

Type of Service:

The type of licensed service that the child is enrolled in. For example, Kindergarten, Te Kōhanga Reo, etc.

Education Region:

The education region of the service that the child is enrolled in. These are four administrative regions created by the Ministry of Education and aligned with the Ministry’s four regional offices.  The Correspondence School is shown separately as it covers multiple education regions throughout the country. Care must be taken when interpreting the geographic location of Homebased services as services will be listed under the location of the co-ordinator rather than the actual location of the service.

Regional Council:

The regional council area of the service that the child is enrolled in. Regional council boundaries are defined by Statistics New Zealand. The Correspondence School is shown separately as it covers multiple regional council boundaries. Care must be taken when interpreting the geographic location of Homebased services as services will be listed under the location of the co-ordinator rather than the actual location of the service.

Territorial Authority:

The territorial authority area of the service that the child is enrolled in. Territorial authority boundaries are defined by Statistics New Zealand. The Correspondence School is shown separately as it covers multiple territorial authority boundaries. Care must be taken when interpreting the geographic location of Homebased services as services will be listed under the location of the co-ordinator rather than the actual location of the service.

Year:

Data is presented for 2000 through to 2008.