Total(n=1,351)	Public licensed facilities(n=639)	Private licensed facility(n=712)
Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation
I. Cost indicators
Total operational costs *	6,226,591	(2,714,676)	6,559,665	(3,116,635)	5,930,871	(2,274,356)
Total costs for human capital a/ b/	5,451,267	(2,462,631)	5,789,822	(2,861,130)	5,150,681	(2,011,588)
Total wage benefits	3,680,301	(2,147,714)	3,867,691	(1,882,962)	3,505,688	(1,882,962)
Total costs for other c/ *	775,325	(514,387)	769,844	(445,174)	780,191	(570,907)
Natural log of total operational costs *	15.560	(0.412)	15.590	(0.468)	15.533	(0.355)
Natural log of total costs for human capital a/ b/	15.424	(0.417)	15.462	(0.473)	15.390	(0.359)
Natural log of total wage benefits	14.919	(0.711)	14.931	(0.789)	14.908	(0.631)
Natural log of total costs for other c/ *	13.349	(0.758)	13.382	(0.647)	13.320	(0.847)
II. Factor price indicators
Hourly wage	1507.649	(2554.846)	1605.910	(2170.521)	1419.463	(2854.745)
Natural log of hourly wage	6.932	(0.858)	6.992	(0.891)	6.878	(0.825)
rental costs *	0.091	(0.538)	0.050	(0.263)	0.137	(0.733)
III. Output indicators
Actual number of children (0 years old)	4.251	(4.613)	3.988	(4.885)	4.475	(4.359)
Actual number of children (1-2 years old)	24.501	(13.102)	23.745	(12.697)	25.168	(13.423)
Actual number of children (3 years old)	20.729	(10.661)	20.890	(10.468)	20.583	(10.839)
Actual number of children (4 years old)	43.461	(22.254)	44.327	(21.470)	42.673	(22.932)
IV. Employee characteristics
Number of full-time qualified workers	11.079	(5.560)	11.013	(5.615)	11.139	(5.514)
Number of nonregular qualified long-hour working workers	2.180	(3.094)	2.305	(3.341)	2.067	(2.851)
Number of qualified short-hour working workers	1.251	(2.668)	1.277	(2.923)	1.228	(2.419)
Number of nonregular part-time qualified workers	2.634	(4.178)	2.815	(4.560)	2.472	(3.799)
Number of qualified chefs or nutritionists	2.415	(1.134)	2.437	(1.130)	2.395	(1.138)
Number of qualified health care workers or nurses	0.332	(0.972)	0.297	(0.509)	0.364	(1.249)
Number of administrative personnel	0.813	(0.861)	0.825	(0.877)	0.802	(0.848)
Average years of age of full-time and nonregular long-hour working qualified workers	35.271	(5.463)	35.316	(5.352)	35.230	(5.565)
Average years of working of full-time and nonregular long-hour working qualified workers	11.344	(5.720)	11.429	(5.934)	11.266	(5.523)
V. Facility characteristics
Total hours of care	11.343	(1.020)	11.195	(1.034)	11.476	(0.990)
Special care provided (extra hours of care)	0.608	(0.488)	0.612	(0.488)	0.604	(0.489)
Special care provided (holiday care)	0.032	(0.176)	0.031	(0.174)	0.032	(0.177)
Special care provided (nighttime care)	0.007	(0.086)	0.003	(0.056)	0.011	(0.105)
Special care provided (disability care)	0.526	(0.499)	0.515	(0.500)	0.537	(0.499)
Special care provided (temporary care)	0.292	(0.455)	0.283	(0.451)	0.299	(0.458)
Special care provided (post acute care)	0.013	(0.112)	0.009	(0.097)	0.015	(0.123)
Special care provided (special education program )	0.079	(0.270)	0.067	(0.251)	0.090	(0.286)
Area dummy (tokyo)	0.244	(0.430)	0.202	(0.402)	0.282	(0.450)
Area dummy (gunma)	0.088	(0.284)	0.055	(0.228)	0.118	(0.323)
Area dummy (kanagawa )	0.056	(0.229)	0.063	(0.242)	0.049	(0.216)
Area dummy (yamanashi)	0.031	(0.174)	0.028	(0.166)	0.034	(0.181)
Area dummy (saitama)	0.124	(0.330)	0.131	(0.338)	0.118	(0.323)
Area dummy (tochigi)	0.044	(0.206)	0.052	(0.221)	0.038	(0.191)
Area dummy (chiba)	0.101	(0.302)	0.114	(0.318)	0.090	(0.286)
Area dummy (nagano)	0.096	(0.295)	0.156	(0.364)	0.042	(0.201)
Area dummy (shizuoka)	0.108	(0.311)	0.111	(0.315)	0.105	(0.307)
Area dummy (ibaragi)	0.107	(0.309)	0.088	(0.283)	0.124	(0.329)
VI. Quality of service indicators
Structural characteristics	3.479	(2.763)	3.576	(2.754)	3.392	(2.771)
Developmental psychological characteristics	8.854	(4.810)	8.836	(4.817)	8.871	(4.806)
Parent's convenience characteristics	2.893	(2.167)	2.754	(2.123)	3.017	(2.200)
Other characteristics	1.867	(1.139)	1.878	(1.137)	1.857	(1.142)
Total score	10.909	(11.413)	11.072	(11.342)	10.763	(11.482)

Note: * refers that the figure is based on the limited sample.