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Adjustment to motherhood in low-income urban adolescents: The role of social support from child care providers
Sangster, Nadia Ann, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Temple University, Philadelphia

A study of high school-based child care and its influence on urban, African-American first-time adolescent mothers, focusing on their adjustments to motherhood and the quality and role of adolescents’ relationship with the school staff and Teen Parent Centers (TPC) child care providers

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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press

A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Child care and child development: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1994
In Developmental follow-up: Concepts, domains and methods. (pp. 377-396). San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc.

A description of the theoretical framework for the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, assessing relationships among family life, child care processes and child behavioral development

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Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 208-223). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 231-245). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life

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Child care in the first year of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 340-360

An analysis of the hours, type, and stability of child care used in infants' first year of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care problems and work outcomes for low-skilled mothers
Press, Julie E., 2003
Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy. http://unix.temple.edu/%7ejpress/Ford%20Final%20Report.pdf (no longer accessible since December 5, 2005)

A study of the child care problems and choices of urban, poor, and working mothers, and a study of the relationship between work-related outcomes and child care problems, broken down by a variety of household demographic measures and based on data collected from 1,072 mothers from a sample of low income Philadelphia neighborhoods

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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group

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Child-care usage and mother-infant ''quality time''
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L., 2002
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64(1), 16-26

A study of mother’s time use and mother-infant interaction in families where infants spent more than 30 hours pet week in child care vs. 0 hours per week from birth to age 6 months

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Chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and child functioning at 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 151-162). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the link between maternal depression and mother-child interaction as it relates to children’s functioning at 36 months, based on data from 89 percent of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care sample

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Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Infant Behavior & Development, 26(3), 345-370

A study of the relationship between early child care experiences in a child's first 3 years of life and mother-child interaction through the child's transition to school

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Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 246-258). New York: Guilford Press

A study of early child care, with respect to child care quality, stability, and amount, in the first 3 years of life as predictors of qualities of mother-child interaction across children’s transition to school

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Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 263-280). New York: Guilford Press

A comparison of early child care experiences and family factors, such as income-to-need ratio and mother’s psychological adjustment, as predictors of 2- and 3-year-olds’ self-control, compliance, and problem behavior outcomes

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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 193-207). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life

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An examination of child care subsidies and their impact on families with infants and toddlers
Brookes, Sheila J., 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri--Columbia

A qualitative investigation of the influence of child care subsidy policy on the lives of low-income parents and families, based on interviews with parents receiving Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), Early Head Start and Head Start professionals, administrators, and social service professionals

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Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 395-406). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study reporting analyses of whether father, child and mother sociodemographic characteristics and maternal employment predict father's participation in caregiving activities and the sensitivity of fathers interactions with children, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59(2), 389-408

An analysis of the familial, social, economic, and psychological factors associated with child care type and quality for infants, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 109-126). New York: Guilford Press

An examination of the associations between four aspects of nonmaternal infant child care, age of entry, amount, type, and quality, and preexisting family characteristics, economics, and psychosocial factors

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Formative evaluation of Bark Park Place: Home visit report
Linebarger, Deborah L., 05 December, 2005
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, Children's Media Lab. (Not accessible as of October 11, 2012).

An inquiry into the influence of exposure to Bark Park Place on parents? reading practices with children, based on home visits with 13 families from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Kansas City, Missouri

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How parents evaluate child care: A factorial survey analysis of perceptions of child care quality, fair market price and willingness to pay by low-income, African American mothers
Shlay, Anne B., 2004
Philadelphia: Temple University, Department of Psychology.

An examination of methods used by low income families to evaluate child care quality, based on a sample of 143 low income African American mothers from the Philadelphia metropolitan area

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The influences of dimensions of teacher and mother responsiveness on children's social outcomes at 24 and 36 months: A comparison of dyadic and group environments
Cranor, Angela, 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

A study designed to examine specific dimensions of teacher and mother responsiveness that are strongly associated with social outcomes for 399 toddlers at 24 and 462 children 36 months of age within a either family or center based childcare setting

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The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 163-172). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged version of a longitudinal study of the interaction between family risk factors and child care characteristics to determine their effect on behavior problems, prosocial behavior and language skills

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An investigation of the impact of child care quality on child outcomes using structural equation modeling
Cutler, Jared C., 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Utah State University, Logan

An evaluation of the relations among child care quality, family and child characteristics, and child outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC)

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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families
Adams, Gina, 1998
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States

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Multiple meanings of parent involvement in Head Start: Parents and staff make sense
Smith, Eileen Storer, 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

A qualitative case study examining Head Start parents, staff, and administrators' opinions regarding definitions of parent involvement in child care

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