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Child Care Decision-Making

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Child Care Decision-Making

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- Choice by parental characteristics: income, marital status, race/ethnicity, culture, language, immigrant status, mental health, & location
- Choice by child characteristics: age (infant/toddler & school-age) & special needs
- Choice and parental employment: employment status, work schedule (i.e. full-time, part-time, & non-standard hours) & welfare-to-work participation
- Selection of child care type
- Parent values/perceptions of quality
- Child care market characteristics: price, supply, and regulation
- Financial assistance: subsidy receipt, pre-k, Head Start
- Consumer education
- Research Reviews, guides, and instruments on Parental Choice
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Additional Resources
- Child Care Decision-making conceptual Frameworks—White Paper
- Understanding Parents' Child Care Decision-Making—Policy Brief

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