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Accessing and affording child care and low-income mothers' employment over time: An ecological approach A study of the influence of child problem behaviors and maternal risk factors on low-income mothers’ ability to access and afford child care, an examination of family income as a mediator of the relationships between child problem behaviors, maternal risk factors and low-income mothers’ ability to access and afford child care, and an examination of the relationships between low-income mothers’ ability to access and afford child care and family income, child problem behaviors, maternal risk factors, and ability to obtain and maintain employment |
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Accumulated experience, quality of services, family characteristics and development of three-year-old children in various types of child care beginning in the first year of life: Summary A summary of an inquiry into the relationship between child care quality, and family characteristics during a child's first year, and children's development at age 36 months |
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American Time Use Survey (ATUS), 2003-2008, Multi-Year Data The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) collects information on how people living in the United States spend their time. Estimates show the kinds of activities people engage in and the time they spend involved in these activities by age, sex, educational attainment, labor force status, and other characteristics, as well as by weekday and weekend day. Data about the quality of life in the United States include how much time people spend working, sleeping, caring for children, volunteering, participating in religious activities, commuting, or relaxing, as well as with whom they spend their time. Information is provided about 'secondary childcare' which is defined as care for children under 13 that is done while doing something else as a primary activity. |
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American Time Use Survey (ATUS), 2008 The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) collects information on how people living in the United States spend their time. Estimates show the kinds of activities people engage in and the time they spend involved in these activities by age, sex, educational attainment, labor force status, and other characteristics, as well as by weekday and weekend day. Data about the quality of life in the United States include how much time people spend working, sleeping, caring for children, volunteering, participating in religious activities, commuting, or relaxing, as well as with whom they spend their time. Information is provided about 'secondary childcare' which is defined as care for children under 13 that is done while doing something else as a primary activity. |
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Appendix 4: A guide to understanding state child care subsidy programs through analysis of public and non-public use datasets A guide to using survey data from the Census Bureau and administrative data generated by state child care subsidy and other programs to study child care subsidy take-up rates and the relationship between parental employment and child care subsidy receipt |
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Assembly Bill 627: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: FY 2007-08 final evaluation report An evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examined the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year and compared first and third grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants |
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Assembly Bill 627: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: FY 2007-08 final evaluation report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examined the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year and compared first and third grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants |
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The availability of child care centers, perceived search costs and parental life satisfaction An investigation of the influence of the availability of child care on parents' perception of child care search costs and life satisfaction, based on data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey and the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) |
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Books and Good Stuff: A strategy for building school to home literacy connections A description of the Books and Good Stuff (BAGS) program, and a discussion of its use in the support of family literacy practices |
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Born too soon: What can we expect?: Nature of home literacy experiences for children with very low birth weight An exploration of the home literacy experiences of children born with a very low birth weight and their influence on children?s literacy development, based on observations of and interviews with 16 families of 4-year old children born with a very low birthweight |
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Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility?: Evidence from a structural model An estimation of the influence of child care policies on female employment and pregnancy rates, based on data on over 11,000 households in Germany in 2006 |
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Can family-support policies explain differences in working hours across countries? An exploration of the role of public family-support programs in variations in mothers' working hours across countries, based on an analysis of household data from the European Household Panel (ECHP) and the United States Current Population Survey (CPS) from 1998 through 2001 |
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Characteristics of effective collaboration among innovative early childhood intervention programs A qualitative study of collaboration and communication processes between early childhood intervention programs and the families and the community, based on a survey and observations of two sites serving a low-income, high needs population |
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Cheaper child care, more children An exploration of the correlation between costs of child care, local and national policy reform, and women’s fertility decisions in Sweden |
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Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2006 (CCDF) [United States] This administrative dataset provides descriptive information about the families and children served through the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). CCDF dollars are provided to states, territories, and tribes to provide assistance to low-income families receiving or transitioning from temporary public assistance, in obtaining quality child care so they can work, or depending on their state's policy, attend training or receive education. |
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Child care and early education in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children A study of child care attendance patterns and quality indicators, parent child care decisionmaking and satisfaction, and developmental outcomes of infants and preschool-age children in Australia, based on data from 5,107 infants and 4,983 preschool-age children from the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
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Child care and early education in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children [Executive summary] A summary of a study of child care attendance patterns and quality indicators, parent child care decisionmaking and satisfaction, and developmental outcomes of infants and preschool-age children in Australia, based on data from 5,107 infants and 4,983 preschool-age children from the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
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Child care and education in Oregon and its counties: 2008 An overview of the availability, costs, access, and utilization rates of child care services by families in Oregon |
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Childcare and family ideology in Sweden An investigation of the effect of child care supply, in conjunction with attitudes towards family structure, on individual childbearing decisions, based on national survey data from 2001 to 2003 |
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Childcare and labor force participation in the Netherlands: The importance of attitudes and opinions An econometric study of the relationship between attitudes towards both child care and labor force participation and the decision both to participate in the labor force and to use paid child care, based data from a subsample of mothers with preschool children from a survey of 737 mothers in the Netherlands in 2004 |
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Child care and work challenges for Maine's parents of children with special needs An examination of child care and work issues for parents of children with special needs from focus groups and interviews with parents, child care providers, and other professionals involved with service delivery and a presentation of several strategies Maine has developed to address them |
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Child care choices in Spain An econometric study of the relationship between families' child care choices and the relative prices of various types of care, families' economic resources, changes in family needs as children grow, and availability of care, based on a survey of 1,615 households from both the Spanish Time Use Survey and Household Budget Survey |
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Child Care Community Fund: Year 2 evaluation report Findings from the second year of a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings |
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Child Care Community Fund: Year 2 evaluation report [Executive summary] A summary of findings from the second year of a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings |
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Child care decision-making: a Key Topic Resource List A compilation of selected Research Connections resources focused on the child care choices of parents with young children, including a summary of issues addressed in the literature, and a list of resources in the areas of choices associated with: parental characteristics, child characteristics, parental employment status, type of child care, perceptions of quality, market characteristics, financial assistance, and consumer education |
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