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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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Change in family income-to-needs matters more for children with less An examination of changes in family income-to-needs and its effect on young children's cognitive, language, and behavioral development and outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Child-care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy An analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Child care and the welfare to work transition A report on child care-related factors affecting welfare recipients' decisions to work or participate in training under Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) regulations |
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Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families |
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Child care expenses of America's families A study of the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13, with particular attention to low-income families. |
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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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Child care in rural areas: Top challenges 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 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, subsidy receipt and state of residence: Comparisons by age and parent work schedule A study of the differences in child care arrangements as it relates to costs of care and state of residence among children in families eligible for subsidies |
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Child-care use among welfare mothers: A dynamic analysis A study of welfare mothers' child care arrangements and usage trends, particularly the durability of child care arrangements in relationship to child care type and cost, and mothers’ subjective ratings of quality and their impact on the probability of changing or ending their current child care arrangements |
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Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) |
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Determinants of behavior in homeless and low-income housed preschool children A study of the effects of family and environmental factors on the behavior of preschool age homeless and low income children |
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Does maternal employment following childbirth support or inhibit low-income children's long-term development? An analysis of the relationship between maternal employment in the two years after childbearing and children's cognitive and behavioral functioning at age 7, with additional analyses of the moderating roles of race/ethnicity and child care type on that relationship, based on data from 444 urban, low-income, predominantly African American and Hispanic families from the Three-City Study, a longitudinal, multi-method analysis of the well-being of low income children and families in Boston, San Antonio, and Chicago following welfare reform |
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Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade A study of the relationship between duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s development from birth to age 9, using comparisons of children from families who were never poor, poor only during their children’s infancy, poor only after their children's infancy, or chronically poor |
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Early child care and children's development in the primary grades: Follow-up results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A follow-up investigation into the effects of the quality, quantity, and type of child care on children’s development through primary school, using longitudinal data collected on child care settings and children's cognitive and social functioning |
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Early intervention: The moderating role of the home environment An examination of the effect of young children's home environments on the impact of the Infant Health and Development Program, an early intervention program designed for at risk children from low income families |
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Economic deprivation and early childhood development 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 experience of early intervention of low birth weight, premature children: The Infant Health and Development Program A study of the effects of individual children's early intervention experiences, in both home and child development center settings, on child and parental outcomes in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) |
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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security: Results of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A study of the relationship between nonmaternal infant child care arrangements and infant and mother attachment security and relationships |
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Empirically-derived, person-oriented patterns of school readiness in typically-developing children: Description and prediction to first-grade achievement A study using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between young children's school readiness and variables including social skill, parent interactions, problem behavior, cognitive processes, and self regulation |
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Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time A study of perceptions of difficulties and challenges of balancing family, child care, and work responsibilities, based on a secondary analysis of interview data with of 28 rural, low-income, continuously employed, and single mothers across 11 states over three waves of data collection between 1999 and 2003, who took part in the longitidunal Rural Families Speak Project |
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Employment, child care, and mental health of mothers caring for children assisted by technology A study of the effects of caring for a child assisted by technology on maternal employment and decisions to maintain and continue employment |
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Family income and its relation to preschool children's adjustment for families in the NICHD study of early child care A longitudinal study examining the relation between family income and family processes to child outcomes, investigating whether income has a greater impact for children from low income families |
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