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An analysis of a public school prekindergarten Montessori bilingual program
Rodriguez, Linda, 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

An analysis of second grade reading achievement scores of Spanish and English norm-referenced tests between children who participated in a Montessori bilingual program and those that attended a traditional bilingual program

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Attitudes towards childcare in Australia
Evans, M. D. R., 2002
Australian Economic Review, 35(2), 188-96

A study of factors influencing attitudes towards childcare and maternal employment in Australia

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The availability of child care centers in China and its impact on child care and maternal work decisions
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, December, 2002
(Labor and Population Program Working Paper Series 00-20, DRU-2824-NIH). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the relationship of child care center availability in China to maternal employment and child care use, based on data from the longitudinal China Health and Nutrition Survey

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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 1. Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

An examination of ways in which tax and benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices in Australia, Denmark, and the Netherlands affect parents trying to balance work and family life

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Balancing Work and Family During Children's First Three Years
Bozzi, Laurie, 2002
Harvard University

A secondary analysis of data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, consisting of two phases. Phase one explores the relationship between mothers' number of work hours and responsiveness to their children, and how this relationship is moderated by child care quality. Phase two examines how employed mothers balance work and family roles, and how the two are moderated by child care quality.

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''Being there'': Mothers who stay at home, gender and time
Boyd, Elizabeth R., 2002
Women's Studies International Forum, 25(4), 463-470

An 1997 through 1998 Australian investigation of 20 mothers choosing stay at home child care living in predominantly middle class suburbs

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Benchmarking early care and education in Pennsylvania: The 2002 Family Survey
Weinraub, Marsha, 2002
University Park: Pennsylvania State University, Prevention Research Center.

A report surveying Pennsylvanian families' child care experiences

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Benchmarking early care and education in Pennsylvania: The 2002 Family Survey: Executive summary
Weinraub, Marsha, 2002
University Park: Pennsylvania State University, Prevention Research Center.

An executive summary of a report surveying Pennsylvanian families' child care experiences.

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Beyond the head count: Evaluating family involvement in out-of-school time
Caspe, Margaret, 2002
(Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation Brief No. 4). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

A brief on methods used in the evaluation of family involvement in out-of-school-time programs

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Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2002
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits

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California's young children: Demographic, social, and economic conditions
Reed, Deborah, 2002
California Counts: Population Trends and Profiles, 4(2).

An overview of the social and economic well-being of young children as it relates to parental education, employment, family income, and health insurance in California

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Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual-earner households: Maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks
Manlove, Elizabeth E., 2002
Infant and Child Development, 11(4), 305-320

A study of maternal reports of gender differences in weekday father involvement with 12-month-olds in 47 dual earner households utilizing full time infant day care with a focus on father’s time alone with infants, time available to the infant, and participation in care giving tasks

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CDSS-PACE Child Care Planning Project: Descriptive findings from the child care subsidy interview
Hirshberg, Diane, 2002
(Working Paper Series 02-2). Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A survey of of current and former CalWORKs participants on subsidy use and child care selection in California

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Child care and early education: Satisfaction with services among rural families
Teleki, Jane, 2002
Early Childhood Education Journal, 29(3), 161-166

An inquiry into the satisfaction of parents with the service provision early childhood education and care programs, based on a survey of 65 families in rural areas, assessed using a 5-point Likert scale

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Child care and inequality: Re-thinking carework for children and youth
Cancian, Francesca M., 2002
New York: Routledge

An anthology of papers presented at the first annual Carework Network conference in 2000

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Child care and working parents: Fundamental facts from the Minnesota child care survey
Chase, Richard A., 2002
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

A summary of the child care arrangements of working families in Minnesota in the year 2002

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Child care arrangements among low-income families: A qualitative approach
Chaudry, Ajay, 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

An examination of child care arrangements among families in low-income urban neighborhoods, using longitudinal data from interviews with 42 mothers of preschool children in New York City

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The child care arrangements of preschool children in immigrant families in the United States
Brandon, Peter D., April, 2002
New York: Foundation for Child Development.

An analysis of the types of child care arrangements used by immigrant families

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Child care as a relational context for early development research in neurobiology and emerging roles for social work
Shapiro, Janet, 2002
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 19(2), 97-114

An examination of center based child care as an important relational and developmental context for infants and young children of economically vulnerable families

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Child care choices for working families: Examining child care choices of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local 2 members working in San Francisco's hospitality industry
King, Carlise, 2002
San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. (No longer accessible as of October 11, 2012).

A study examining the links between parental employment schedules, care decisions, cost of child care and demographics amongst members in Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 2 of San Francisco and their children

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Child care choices for working families: Examining child care choices of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local 2 members working in San Francisco's hospitality industry [Executive summary]
King, Carlise, 2002
San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network.

A summary of a study examining the links between parental employment schedules, care decisions, cost of child care and demographics amongst members in Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 2 of San Francisco and their children

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Child care demand and supply under CalWORKS: The early impacts of welfare reform for California's children, 1998-2000
Hirshberg, Diane, 2002
(Working Paper Series 02-3). Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

An overview of the effects of welfare reform and capacity building efforts on the supply and demand of child care in California

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Child care for children with special needs: Fundamental facts from the Minnesota child care survey
Chase, Richard A., 2002
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

A summary of the child care arrangements for Minnesota families with special needs children in the year 2002

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Child care: Funding and spending under federal block grants
Gish, Melinda, 2002
(Order Code RL31274). Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.

An analysis of the recent changes, current expenditures, and additional need for federal child care funding for low income families

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Child care helps families work and children learn
Blank, Helen, 2002
In Assessing the Child Care and Development Block Grant: Hearing before the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives. 107th Cong., 2nd Sess.

A testimony to the United States House of Representative Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness about the difficulties working parents face in finding affordable, high quality child care and how improved access to child care and early education resources not only helps children learn to read but helps parents retain the ability to remain employed

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