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Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence
Barbarin, Oscar, 2006
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(2), 265-276

An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence

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Children's experiences in family child care and relative care as a function of family income and ethnicity
Kontos, Susan, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 386-403

A study of the role of family variables like ethnicity and income in the choice between family or relative child care arrangements, and the relationship between family variables and child care provider behavior and quality

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Child's play with adults, toys, and peers: An examination of family and child-care influences
Howes, Carollee, 1987
Developmental Psychology, 23(3), 423-430

A study of the influences of family and child care characteristics on the play of toddlers in family child care homes, based on observations and questionnaires

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Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final evaluation report
Quick, Heather, 12 January, 2011
Los Angeles: First 5 LA.

Findings from an eight-year process and outcome evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, a comprehensive program to promote literacy among low-income families in Los Angeles County, that examines both program characteristics and quality and both child and parent school participation and literacy outcomes

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Family and child care influences on toddler compliance
Howes, Carollee, 1986
Child Development, 57(1), 202-216

A study on the influence of parental care and child care providers on child compliance and self-regulation

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Networks of attachment relationships in low-income children of Mexican heritage: Infancy through preschool
Howes, Carollee, November 2009
Social Development, 18(4), 896-914

A longitudinal exploration of attachment relationships between caregivers and children in families of Mexian heritage, based on a subsample of 83 children and their mothers who participated in a larger study and self-identified themselves as being of Mexican origin

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New child-caregiver attachment relationships: Entering childcare when the caregiver is and is not an ethnic match
Howes, Carollee, November 2006
Social Development, 15(4), 574-590

An examination of behavior, perception, and ethnic or racial matches between caregivers and children, upon the latter’s first entrance into center based child care, as predictors of attachment relationship quality measured six months later

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Parental conceptions of school readiness: Relation to ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and children’s skills
Barbarin, Oscar, September 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(5), 671-701

A study of the family demographic characteristics and child skills associated with parental conceptions of school readiness, based on interviews with 452 parents of 4-year-olds enrolled public prekindergarten programs

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Processes in the formation of attachment relationships with alternative caregivers
Howes, Carollee, 2001
In A. Goncu & E. L. Klein (Eds.), Children in play, story, and school (pp. 267-287). New York: Guilford Press

An examination of the development of attachment relationships in 10 children, ages 15 to 28 months, living with biological parents who were observed over a 6-month period divided into four periods spaced out over the child’s initial time in child care

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Program practices, caregiver stability, and child-caregiver relationships
Ritchie, Sharon, 2003
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24(5), 497-516

An examination of child care program practices, caregiver behaviors, and classroom environments associated with the development of positive child caregiver relationships

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Research report: Early childhood care and education preferences among Latino families in Los Angeles
Zucker, Eleanor, June, 2007
Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Improving Child Care Quality.

A study of the child care and early education decisions of Latino families in Los Angeles, including perceptions of the availability of and barriers to child care and early education and family factors associated with these perceptions, based on open-ended, in-depth interviews with parents

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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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Teacher-articulated perceptions & practices with families: Examining effective teaching in diverse high quality child care settings
Shivers, Eva Marie, 2004
Early Education and Development, 15(2), 167-186

An observational study of high quality child care centers, examining effective teaching strategies through researching associations among teachers' perceptions about families, their involvement with the families, and their background characteristics

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