WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Childcare, Public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services

The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services in practice. Experts rate enforcement on a five-point Likert scale (0–4), where 0 indicates no enforcement of laws establishing quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services, and 4 indicates full enforcement of such laws. Enforcement perceptions indicator-level score is contingent upon the score of the corresponding legal frameworks indicator and calculated by taking the median value of individual expert responses on the five-point Likert scale (0–4) at the economy level. F