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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: Child care subsidies increase likelihood that low-income mothers will work
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1994
(GAO/HEHS-95-20). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A report on the effects of subsidized child care on mothers' workforce participation

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The contribution of parent and peer support to Head Start children's early school adjustment
Taylor, Angela R., 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3-4), 387-405

A study on the influence of parent and peer support of Head Start children to early school cognitive and social competence in rural California

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Contributions of protective and risk factors to literacy and socioemotional competency in former Head Start children attending kindergarten
Brody, Gene H., 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3-4), 417-425

A study of the relationship between characteristics and behavior of primary caregivers and performance on assessments of literacy and social and cognitive competence among Head Start graduates attending kindergarten in rural Georgia

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Creating family support systems: In Head Start and beyond
Gage, Jim A., 1994
Young Children, 50(1), 74-77

A discussion of the public policy interest in creating adequate family support systems through early childhood programs funded by state and federal initiative, such as the Family Services Center funded by the Head Start and Even Start programs and projects funded by the Child Care and Development Care Block Grant

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Defining and valuing quality as a parent
Larner, Mary, 1994
In P. Moss & A. R. Pence (Eds.), Valuing quality in early childhood services: New approaches to defining quality (pp. 43-60). New York: Teachers College Press

A discussion of the varying child care attitudes and perspectives among parents and child care providers

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Defining and valuing quality as a parent
Larner, Mary, 1994
In P. Moss & A. R. Pence (Eds.), Valuing quality in early childhood services: New approaches to defining quality (pp. 43-60). London: Paul Chapman Publishing

An examination of the different ways in which parents from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds define and evaluate child care quality, based on a selection of results from qualitative studies in the United States

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Different types of day care and their relationships to maternal satisfaction, perceived support, and role conflict
Erdwins, Carol J., 1994
Child & Youth Care Forum, 23(1), 41-54

A study of the relationships among mothers’ demographic characteristics, child care choices, and attitudes and satisfaction concerning child care arrangements

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The ecology of family day care
Kontos, Susan, 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(1), 87-110

A discussion on the influence of childcare on child development in a small midwest city and its surrounding rural community using a mesosystem model

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Economic deprivation and early childhood development
Duncan, Greg, 1994
Child Development, 65(2), 296-318

A study of the impact of poverty and poverty correlates such as ethnicity, maternal education, neighborhood conditions and single parenthood on child cognitive and behavioral development, using longitudinal data from the Infant Health and Development program

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The effects of early education intervention on maternal employment, public assistance, and health insurance: The Infant Health and Development Program
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, June, 1994
American Journal of Public Health, 84(6), 924-931

An investigation of 985 mothers and infants involved in an early childhood intervention, studying the maternal outcomes for employment, education, fertility, and receipt of public assistance and health insurance, based on interviews during pediatric visits

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Family leisure and social support: Relations with parenting stress and psychological well-being in Head Start parents
Roggman, Lori A., 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3-4), 463-480

A study on the influence of social support and family leisure on parenting stress and psychological well being

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First-time fathers' expectations and experiences using childcare and integrating parenting and employment
Shuster, Claudia, 1994
Early Education and Development, 5(4), 261-276

A study on the satisfaction experienced by new fathers as a result of the combinations of parenting, employment and child care

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Mother and father involvement in day care centers serving infants and young toddlers
Fagan, Jay, 1994
Early Child Development and Care, 103(1), 95-101

A study of mothers' and fathers' involvement in their infants' child care centers

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Parental factors correlated with developmental outcome in the migrant Head Start child
de Leon Siantz, Mary Lou, 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3-4), 481-503

A study on whether psychological factors of migrant Mexican American parents influence the behavioral, social and intelligence development of their children

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Parent-caregiver communication and quality of care in diverse childcare settings
Ghazvini, Alisa, June 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(2), 207-222

An examination of the relationship between parent-caregiver communication, child care quality, and type of sponsorship in 12 subsidized, contracted subsidized, and nonsubsidized child care settings

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Parents' selection of proprietary day care centers for their school-age children: A study of three southeastern university communities
Bradbard, Marilyn R., 1994
Child & Youth Care Forum, 23(1), 55-72

A study of the factors and influences affecting parental selection of child care

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Piecing together child care with multiple arrangements: Crazy quilt or preferred pattern for employed parents of preschool children?
Folk, Karen F., 1994
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56(3), 669-680

A study of the ways in which both single and married employed mothers combine child care arrangements for preschool children from the 1987 National Survey of Families and Households

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The role of home literacy environment in the development of language ability in preschool children from low-income families
Payne, Adam C., 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3-4), 427-440

A study on the relationship between the language development and home literacy environment of low-income preschool children

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Rural and urban families' use of child care
Atkinson, Alice M., 1994
Family Relations, 43(1), 16-22

A comparison of the child care arrangements and hours of rural and urban families, based on telephone interviews

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The study of children in family child care and relative care: Highlights of findings
Galinsky, Ellen, 1994
New York, NY: Families and Work Institute.

A presentation of findings from a study on parents' definition of quality in informal child care settings, and an examination of how those measure identified impact quality, based on a sample of 820 mothers, 225 children, and 226 child care providers from San Fernando/Los Angeles, California, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and Charlotte North Carolina

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Who enrolls in Head Start?: A demographic analysis of Head Start-eligible children
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3), 243-268

A study of the demographics and characteristics of children eligible for Head Start who were and were not served by the program, with an analysis of the implications for Head Start's expansion

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Women in Chile: Wage labor and child care in families headed by mothers
Kissman, Kris, 1994
International Social Work, 37(1), 37-46

A discussion of the similarities and dissimilarities of families headed by poverty stricken mothers in Chile and the United States, especially concerning these respective populations’ needs as both wage-earners and caregivers, requiring an integrative perspective of both nations’ social policies and practices

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Women in the workplace: Implications for child care
Raber, Marie J., 1994
Employee Assistance Quarterly, 9(3/4), 21-36

A study of the influence of employee sponsored child care service on women’s stress level and job satisfaction

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Women's need for child care: The stumbling block in the transition from welfare to work
Young, Alma H., October 1994
In J.A. Garber & R.S. Turner (Eds.), Gender in urban research (pp. 201-218). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

A discussion of the relative scarcity of affordable child care as a major barrier to low-income mothers' transitioning from welfare to the labor force

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