The Constraints of Choice: The Role of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Community Context in Child Care Decisions

Principal Investigator(s): Laughlin, Lynda L.; Press, Julie E.;
Date Issued: 2004
Description: An examination of the role of contextual variables in mothers' child care choices, through an identification of how child care decisions are shaped by race/ethnicity, class, and community contexts, using quantitative data from the Philadelphia Survey of Child Care and Work, and from the City of Philadelphia. The study investigates the following questions: (1) How does the neighborhood supply of licensed child care affect the use of formal or informal child care?; (2) How do child care decisions vary by racial/ethnic and socioeconomic class characteristics?; (3) How do household demographics and work characteristics influence mothers' use of formal or informal child care?; (4) How does a mother's social networks and other resources affect her use of formal or informal care?; (5) What are the consequences of using formal or informal care?; and (6) How do the previous issues vary by neighborhood/community context? The policy implication of this study is the importance of how communities act as a medium through which the supply of, and access to, child care can be measured
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Research Scholar(s): Laughlin, Lynda L.
Grantee(s)/ Contractor(s): Temple University
Funder(s): United States. Child Care Bureau
Contact(s): Laughlin, Lynda L.
Source: Temple University
Topics: Child Care & Early Education Market > Access To Child Care & Early Education

Child Care & Early Education Market > Demand & Supply/Needs Assessment
Start Date: 09/30/2004
End Date: 09/29/2006
Project Type: Child Care Research Scholars
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