Family and individual predictors of child care use by low-income families in different policy contexts

Description:

A study of the impact of family and child characteristics on low income parents' use of child care, child care quality and receipt of child care subsidies.

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Huston Aletha C.; Gennetian Lisa A.; Chang Young Eun

Publisher(s):

MDRC

Funder(s):

David & Lucile Packard Foundation; William T. Grant Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation

Country:

United States

State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):

Minnesota; Wisconsin

Date Issued:

2002

Source:

(The Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 9). New York: MDRC.

Note:

This resource is part of the Next Generation project.

Topics:

7. Policies > 7.1. Child Care & Early Education Policies > 7.1.6. Subsidies

2. Parents & Families

Unit of Analysis:

Individual (child); Families

Universe:

Not specified

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