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2005 report on child care in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand An examination of the disconnect between child care supply and demand in Cook County, Illinois, with a focus on affordability and hours of care needed by parents |
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Age 2: Findings from the 2-year-old follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) A description of the demographic characteristics, early childhood development, maternal attachment, nonparental care experiences, and father involvement of two-year-old children, based on data from the nationally representative 2-year-old follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) |
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Assessing the play beliefs of African American mothers with preschool children A critical discussion of rating scales that measure parent beliefs about play, and a description of a study through which the Parent Play Beliefs Scale (PPBS) was developed and validated, based on the participation of African-American families with children enrolled in Head Start centers |
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Availability of childcare support and nutritional status of children of non-working and working mothers in urban Nepal An examination of the effects of child care and maternal employment on young children's nutritional status in urban Nepal, comparing the nutritional status of children with working mothers with those of children whose mothers did not work |
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The best laid plans: Expectations, preferences, and stability of child-care arrangements A study using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to examine whether timing and extent of the search for child care is associated with stability in child care arrangements |
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Biological essentialism, gender ideologies, and role attitudes: What determines parents' involvement in child care An examination of the relations among Israeli mothers' and fathers' gender ideologies, fathers' role attitudes, and their involvement in child care in terms of tasks and hours of care |
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Book reading styles in dual-parent and single-mother families An observational study of shared book reading to determine if there are variations in reading methods between mothers without a partner and mothers and fathers from dual-parent families |
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Caring for children of color: The child care patterns of white, black, and Hispanic children under 5 A study of child care arrangement patterns across groups of white, African American and Hispanic children |
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Challenging partnerships in Australian early childhood education A description of the development and purposes of educational partnerships among school personnel, and between schools and parents, in 3 Australian early childhood programs |
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The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: A policy analysis A discussion of the development of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and an evaluation of the effect of the policy on families with varying incomes |
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Child and maternal contributions to shared reading: Effects on language and literacy development A longitudinal study of the effects of mother-child home literacy practices on children's expressive and receptive language development, letter knowledge, and knowledge of print concepts from 18 to 42 months of age |
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Child care and children with special needs: Challenges for low income families: Final report A multi-method study, focusing predominantly on Maine, of the challenges and barriers facing low-income working families with special needs children in finding and retaining child care services and in balancing work and family, based on parent interviews and focus groups, a field study, a child care provider survey, a parent survey, and an analysis of data from the 1997, 1999, and 2002 rounds of the National Survey of America's Families |
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Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency A study examining access to, participation in, and efforts to assist with child care for families with limited English proficiency, based on analysis of national data sets, focus groups with parents, state and county site visits, and interviews with officials and experts |
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Childcare and early years provision: A study of parents' use, views and experience A survey of the child care arrangements, child care costs, barriers to access, and feelings about child care of parents of preschool- and school-aged children in the United Kingdom |
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Childcare and mothers' employment: Approaching the millennium An analysis using data from the Millennium Cohort Study to examine employed mothers' uses of informal and formal child care and the varying effects on children's outcomes |
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Child care arrangements for toddlers and preschoolers: Are they different for youngest children? An analysis of child care arrangements for the youngest children of families, examining the effect of family characteristics on observed differences of child care arrangements |
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Child care arrangements of language-minority children: Care provider's language use A study of the child care arrangements of language-minority children and the factors associated with having a child care provider who speaks a non-English language, based on the nationally representative National Household Education Survey, 2001 |
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Child care before 6 months of age: A qualitative study of mothers' decisions and feelings about employment and non-maternal care A qualitative study of British mothers' beliefs in terms of infant child care and employment, examining reasons for returning to work, process of selecting child care, range and type of advice received, and involvement of fathers |
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Child care costs and the employment status of married Australian mothers A study of the effects of child care costs on the mothers' decision to work full- or part-time in Australia, based on data from a longitudinal survey of household demographics, income, and labor dynamics |
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Child care experiences in low-income communities: Developmental quality and maternal views A study of child care quality in low-income urban communities, including types of child care used and degree to which settings met children’s and mothers’ needs, based on data from a longitudinal welfare study: Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Childcare for children with disabilities: Families search for specialized care and cooperative childcare partnerships An interview-based study of how families locate, choose, and maintain child care for their young children with special needs, comparing the experiences of families that looked for specialized care for their children with families that emphasized finding a provider who would cooperatively partner with them to provide care |
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Child care for low-income school-age children: Disability and family structure effects in a national sample A study using nationally representative data to examine the use and quality of child care for school aged children from low income families, investigating the relations among child care use and quality, disability status, and family characteristics |
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Child care subsidies and employment behavior among very-low-income populations in three states An estimation of the effect of child care subsidies on single parent welfare recipients’ period of transition to substantial employment |
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies The second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment |
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Child care through the eyes of parents, children and child care providers: Significant male figures' perceptions of child care Findings from a study of child care practices, needs, opinions, and beliefs among significant male figures in a sample of low- and middle-income families in Minnesota, based on interviews with 18 men, including biological fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, boyfriends, friends of mothers, and other male figures |
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