Patchworks and Developmental Sequences: Impacts of Multiple Child Care Arrangements on Child Development

Principal Investigator(s): Morrissey, Taryn; Cochran, Moncrieff M.; Dunifon, Rachel E.;
Date Issued: 2006
Description: This ongoing study addresses examines relations between concurrent, multiple child care arrangements, or arrangement multiplicity, and young children's health. Specifically, a longitudinal, comprehensive dataset is used to relate changes in the number of children's child care arrangements to changes in children's communicable diseases and general health from birth through age 5. The mediating effect of peer exposure and the moderating effects of child gender and family income will be tested. It is expected that increases in the number of child care arrangements will be associated with increases in the incidence of children's communicable diseases and decreases in children's general health, and this relationship will be stronger among boys and those living in lower-income families. The research questions are: (1) Is the experience of multiple, concurrent child care settings related to increases in the incidence of communicable diseases and general health among children from birth through age 5?; (2) Is the relationship between arrangement multiplicity and child health mediated by the total number of children to which the child is exposed?; and (3) Is the relationship between arrangement multiplicity and child health stronger among boys and children from low-income families than among girls and children from higher-income families?
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Research Scholar(s): Morrissey, Taryn
Grantee(s)/ Contractor(s): Cornell University
Funder(s): United States. Child Care Bureau
Contact(s): Morrissey, Taryn
Source: Cornell University
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Characteristics > Age

Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Assessment & Measurement

Parents & Families > Selection Of Child Care & Early Education Arrangements
Start Date: 09/30/2006
End Date: 09/29/2009
Project Type: Child Care Research Scholars
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