Government's role in early childhood development
Table 2
Over the next decade, how much should government spend to provide health and literacy education programs for at-risk children prior to kindergarten relative to its current spending on these programs?
Nothing |
Less |
Same |
Somewhat More |
Much More |
Number of Responses |
|
| Overall | 5% |
10% |
39% |
31% |
13% |
624 |
| By Geographical Area | ||||||
Metro |
6% |
11% |
35% |
32% |
16% |
312 |
| Non-metro | 5% |
10% |
43% |
31% |
11% |
304 |
| By Establishment Size | ||||||
Small (20-99) |
8% |
13% |
33% |
32% |
14% |
311 |
| Medium 100-499) | 4% |
8% |
42% |
31% |
15% |
255 |
| Large (500 and over) | 0% |
6% |
60% |
28% |
6% |
50 |
| By Industry Sector | ||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 3% |
8% |
39% |
42% |
8% |
36 |
| Non-durable manufacturing | 5% |
8% |
34% |
42% |
10% |
59 |
| Durable manufacturing | 6% |
13% |
46% |
26% |
8% |
95 |
| Transportation, communications and utilities |
7% |
14% |
36% |
25% |
18% |
28 |
| Trade | 6% |
13% |
40% |
27% |
13% |
179 |
| Finance,
insurance and real estate |
4% |
7% |
44% |
38% |
7% |
45 |
| Services | 6% |
8% |
42% |
39% |
6% |
142 |
| Government | 0% |
17% |
33% |
17% |
33% |
6 |
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