Child care for children in poverty: Opportunity or inequality?

Author(s): Phillips, Deborah A.; Voran, Miriam; Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Howes, Carollee; Whitebook, Marcy;
Date Issued: 1991
Publisher(s): Society for Research in Child Development
Description: A study of child care quality in child care centers serving children from low-income families, its relationship to type of center-based programming, and its comparability to child care quality in centers serving upper- and middle-income families, based on data from the nationally representative Profile of Child Care Settings study and the National Child Care Staffing Study, which collected observational data on child care quality in 227 child care centers in five cities
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Funder(s): A. L. Mailman Family Foundation ; Foundation for Child Development ; Smith Richardson Foundation ; Ford Foundation ; Spunk Fund, Inc. ; Carnegie Corporation of New York ; United States. Department of Education
Journal Title: Child Development
Volume Number: 65
Issue Number: 1
Page Range: 472-492
Note: This resource uses data from the National Child Care Staffing Study
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Characteristics > Socioeconomic Status

Child Care & Early Education Quality

Child Care & Early Education Providers/Organizations > Provider Type/Setting > Center-Based Child Care & Early Education
Country: United States
States: ARIZONA, GEORGIA, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, WASHINGTON
ISSN: 0009-3920 Paper
1467-8624 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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