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2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-13). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6

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African American fathers: Myths and realities about their involvement with their firstborn children
Smith, Carolyn A., 2005
Journal of Family Issues, 26(7), 975-1001

An examination of the extent and predictors of parental involvment among young, urban, African-American fathers, using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, a longitudinal survey following 1,000 adolescents in 1987-1988 Rochester, New York

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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50

An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes

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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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Changing household structure, child-care availability, and employment among mothers of preschool children
Floge, Liliane, 1989
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51(1), 51-63

An analysis of the changing effects of household structure on the employment, child care availability and continued education of mothers with preschool children in New York City

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Characteristics and needs of Asian-American grandparent caregivers: A study of Chinese-American and Korean-American grandparents in New York City
Yoon, Sung Min, 2005
Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 44(3-4), 75-94

A study of the characteristics and service needs of 101 Chinese-American and Korean-American caregiver grandparents in New York City

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Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse
United States. Government Accountability Office, September 2010
(GAO-10-1062). Washington, DC: United States, Government Accountability Office.

Findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment

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Child care and working mothers in Puerto Rican families
Hurst, Marsha, 1982
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 461, 124-134

A study of urban Puerto Rican mothers’ cultural attitudes towards child care, including their influence on child care arrangements, mothering attitudes, the family support system that surrounds them, and their impact on mothers’ participation in the labor force

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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 expenditures for preschoolers: A study of employees in a university setting
Heck, Ramona K.Z., 1998
Marriage & Family Review, 27(1-2), 145-166

A study of characteristics, including features of child care arrangements and demographic variables, related to the child care expenses of a university’s employees

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Child care expenses of America's families
Giannarelli, Linda, 2000
(Occasional Paper No. 40). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

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 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 in the wake of welfare reform: The impact of government subsidies on the economic well-being of single-mother families
Meyers, Marcia K., 2001
Social Service Review, 75(1), 29-59

A study of The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and its impact on the economic well being of single low income mothers

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Child care, subsidy receipt and state of residence: Comparisons by age and parent work schedule
Georges, Annie, December 2001
Paper presented to the 23rd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November

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 by low-income families in rural areas: A contemporary look at the influence of women's work and partner availability
Walker, Susan K., 2004
Journal of Children & Poverty, 10(2), 149-167

A descriptive analysis of child care patterns of 323 low-income women living in rural counties, in relation to women's employment status, partner availability, and child age

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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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A conversation with immigrant mothers about early learning programs: Benefits, barriers & work to be done
De Masi, Mary E., 2008
Rensselaer, NY: New York State Council on Children and Families.

An inquiry into the early childhood education and care experiences of immigrant families with young children, including information on benefits of child care to families and families' barriers to access, based on information gathered through focus groups with 92 women in New York City and the southern part of New York State

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Depression and caregiver mastery in grandfathers caring for their grandchildren
Kolomer, Stacey R., 2005
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 60(4), 283-294

An interview-based investigation of how grandfathers experience the role of primary caregiver for their grandchildren

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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA
Blau, David M., October 2007
Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 719-741

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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"Doing the math": Maternal beliefs about early mathematics versus language learning
Cannon, Joanna, 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(2), 238-260

An examination of maternal approaches to the mathematical learning of their preschoolers, and a study of maternal beliefs about the importance of mathematics versus language learning in the preschool years, based on a sample of 37 New York City area mothers

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Early care and education choices of women in a parent support group in a working class neighborhood: Three women coconstruct notions of appropriate settings
Garavuso, Vicki, 2006
Early Education and Development, 17(4), 511-533

A qualitative study of three mothers living in New York City who served as a source of information on child care and early education for each other, and an analysis of the knowledge and support they gained and the processes they used to acquire and share information

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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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Early intervention: The moderating role of the home environment
Bradley, Robert H., 2001
Applied Developmental Science, 5(1), 2-8

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
Duncan, Greg, 1994
Child Development, 65(2), 296-318

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
Liaw, Fong-ruey, 1995
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 10(4), 405-431

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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