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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives.

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Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families
Mitchell, Anne W., 1992
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty

A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families

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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges
Smith, Linda K., 09 July, 2010
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An examination of child care challenges facing child care providers and parents in rural areas, based on survey responses from child care resource and referral agencies in 42 states

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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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The Early Head Start Father Studies: Design, data collection, and summary of father presence in the lives of infants and toddlers
Boller, Kimberley, 2006
Parenting: Science and Practice, 6(2-3), 117-143

An overview of the Early Head Start Father Studies, describing the study methodology, response rates, father demographics, and father child relationship

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Father book reading behaviors and pre-kindergarten emergent literacy
Brooks, Cherri H., 2005
Unpublished master's thesis, Utah State University, Logan

A longitudinal study assessing Head Start fathers' book reading behaviors and their impact on preschool children's early literacy skills

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Fathering attitudes and practices: Influences on children's development
Shears, Jeffrey, 2005
Child Care in Practice, 11(1), 63-79

An investigation into the influence of fathers' parenting beliefs and level of modernity on their children's development, based on a sample of 525 biological fathers and stepfathers participating in the Early Head Start Research and Demonstration Project

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Fathers of U.S. children born in 2001: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
Avenilla, Frank, July 2006
(E.D. Tab, NCES 2006-002). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Findings from a survey of biological fathers of sampled children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), including data on fathers' demographic characteristics, attitudes about fathering, and involvement in child care

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Getting dads involved: Predictors of father involvement in Early Head Start and with their children
Roggman, Lori A., 2002
Infant Mental Health Journal, 23(1-2), 62-78

An identification of characteristics associated with fathers' involvement in their children’s lives and in Early Head Start programs, based on a sample of 72 low-income fathers in rural areas of Utah and Idaho

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Inside home visits: A collaborative look at process and quality
Roggman, Lori A., 2001
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(1), 53-71

An examination of the content and quality of home visits from the perspectives of Early Head Start participating parents, program staff members, and researchers in Utah and Idaho

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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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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. I. Final technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A report of the findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families across the US

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Mother-child bookreading in low-income families: Correlates and outcomes during the first three years of life
Raikes, Helen, July/August 2006
Child Development, 77(4), 924-953

An investigation of the impact of mother-child book reading on low income young children's cognitive and language development as well as an examination of book reading in relation to the Early Head Start intervention using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project

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National Household Education Surveys program of 2005: After-school programs and activities: 2005
Carver, Priscilla R., 2006
(E.D. TAB, NCES 2006-076). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An examination of data from the After-School Programs and Activities survey on the participation of kindergarteners through eighth graders in after school programs, with discussion of the survey’s design, the different types of after school care, their participation rates, and the expenses surrounding various types of after school care

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A new look at parents time spent in child care: Primary and secondary time use
Zick, Cathleen, 1996
Social Science Research, 25(3), 260-280

A study on the use and distribution of primary and secondary parental child care

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The role of parents as formal math instructors of prekindergarten children
Blanch, Monica Jane, 2002
Unpublished master's thesis, Utah State University, Logan

An exploration of the relationships between maternal attitudes about math, prekindergarten children’s’ math abilities, math achievements and mother-child math interactions

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Shared book reading, home visit processes, and the relation with low-income infants' language development
Christiansen, Katie, 2003
Unpublished master's thesis, Utah State University, Logan

A study of the relations among shared book reading, home visit processes, home literacy activities, and low income infants' language acquisition

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Strengthening Latino parental involvement forming community-based organizations/school partnership
Osterling, Jorge P, 2004
NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2(1), 270-284

A discussion of the use of partnerships between schools and Latino community-based organizations to improve the involvement of Latino parents in children’s schooling

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Trade-offs between purchased services and time in single-parent and two-parent families
Zick, Cathleen, 1996
The Journal of Consumer Affairs, 30(1), 1-23

An economic examination of mothers' time and services purchased with regards to marital status in the United States, using a household production model

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Understanding fathering: The Early Head Start study of fathers of newborns
Vogel, Cheri, 2003
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

A study of the involvement of low-income fathers in the development of their birth to 14 month-old children, based on a sample of 108 fathers in 10 states

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