Replication package for: Who Leaves? How Job and Teacher Characteristics Relate to Turnover in Child Care Settings
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: The program files in this package replicate the results from the AERA Open publication: Fares, I., Markowitz, A.J., & Bassok, D. (2026). Who Leaves? How Job and Teacher Characteristics Relate to Turnover in Child Care Settings. AERA Open. Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings rely on teachers to support children’s development and families’ workforce participation. Yet ECCE teachers turn over at high rates, often twice as high as teachers in K-12 settings. Because large-scale ECCE workforce data are rare, little is known about how job and teacher characteristics relate to turnover. Using data on a large sample (N = 14,373) of teachers employed at publicly funded child care centers in Virginia in fall 2023, this study investigates associations between job and teacher characteristics and teacher turnover. Overall, 38% of teachers left their fall 2023 site by fall 2024. Wage, being a lead teacher, experience, education, and race/ethnicity were all related to turnover after accounting for region. Results from within-site models were similar. The findings from this study inform policies to increase ECCE teacher retention and point to key areas for future research.
Source: ICPSR Data Holdings
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr318678
Institutions: University of Virginia, University of California, Los Angeles
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7223040320
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