Taking pressure off families: Child-care subsidies lessen mothers' work-hour problems

Author(s): Press, Julie E.; Fagan, Jay; Laughlin, Lynda L.;
Date Issued: 2006
Publisher(s): Blackwell Publishing
Description: A study of the effect of child care subsidies and other ecological demands and resources on the work hour, shift, and overtime problems of low income urban mothers
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Funder(s): United States. Child Care Bureau ; Ford Foundation
Journal Title: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Volume Number: 68
Issue Number: 1
Page Range: 155-171
Note: This report uses data from the Philadelphia Survey of Child Care and Work
Topics: Parents & Families > Family Characteristics > Families & Work

Policies > Child Care & Early Education Policies > Subsidies
Country: United States
States: PENNSYLVANIA
ISSN: 0022-2445 Paper
1741-3737 Electronic
Peer Reviewed: yes
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