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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	Reports & Papers
			Attitudes toward the employment of mothers of preschoolers: Implications for child care Henderson, Laura W., 1993 Child & Youth Care Forum, 2(1), 23-42 A discussion of attitudes towards maternal employment, child care and implications on policy	Reports & Papers
			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.	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care as a barrier to employment Ananat, Elizabeth O., 2004 Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy. An analysis of the relationship between labor market, health, family, and child care problems and work outcomes for a random sample of mothers receiving cash assistance in an urban Michigan county in February 1997	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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.	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies Adams, Gina, 2006 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. 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	Reports & Papers
			Childcare subsidies and the transition from welfare to work Danziger, Sandra K., 2003 (National Poverty Center Working Paper Series No. 03-11). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, National Poverty Center. A study of the role of subsidies in parental transitions from welfare to the workforce in Michigan, using post-1996 data from The Women�s Employment Study (WES)	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers Tekin, Erdal, 2002 Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992 Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund A study of the Head Start program�s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group	Reports & Papers
			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)	Reports & Papers
			Determinants of child care ideals among mothers of preschool-aged children Mason, Karen Oppenheim, 1989 Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51(3), 593-603 A study of Detroit, Michigan parents' perceived notions of ideal child care arrangements for preschool children as affected by such factors as women's current use of child care, marital and employment status, income, youngest child's age, gender role ideology, type of religion and religiosity, education, race, proximity to relatives, and place of residence	Reports & Papers
			Division of household labor among black couples and white couples Orbuch, Terri L., 1997 Social Forces, 76(1), 301-332 A study of structural and cultural factors that influence the division of household labor and gendered responsibilities among black couples and white couples in an urban county	Reports & Papers
			Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care for preschool- and young school-aged children Crosby, Danielle A., 2001 (The Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 3). New York: MDRC. An examination of the effects of welfare and employment policies on child care outcomes for single parents, and their preschool- to young school-aged children, using data from experimental programs implemented between the late 1980s and the mid-1990s	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			The effect of increases in welfare mothers' education on their young children's academic and behavioral outcomes: Evidence from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Child Outcomes Study Magnuson, Katherine A., 2003 (Discussion Paper No. 1274-03). University of Wisconsin--Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty. A study examining the academic and behavioral outcomes of young children from the increase of maternal education precipitated by welfare-to-work programs, using data from the NEWWS-COS	Reports & Papers
			The effects of welfare and employment policies on child care use by low-income young mothers Gassman-Pines, Anna, 2003 (Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 19). New York: MDRC. A study examining the welfare and employer child care policies on low income young mothers, using data from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS), Florida�s Family Transition Program (FTP) and the Minnesota�s Family Investment Program (MFIP)	Reports & Papers
			Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time Son, Seohee, March 2010 Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 31(1), 107-120 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	Reports & Papers
			An examination of child care subsidies and their impact on families with infants and toddlers Brookes, Sheila J., 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri--Columbia A qualitative investigation of the influence of child care subsidy policy on the lives of low-income parents and families, based on interviews with parents receiving Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), Early Head Start and Head Start professionals, administrators, and social service professionals	Reports & Papers
			Family advocates' perspectives on the early academic success of children born to low-income adolescent mothers Luster, Tom, 2004 Family Relations, 53(1), 68-77 A qualitative study focusing on family influences on the academic success of first-grade children born to 139 low-income adolescent mothers	Reports & Papers
			Fathering attitudes and practices: Influences on children's development Shears, Jeffrey, 2005 Child Care in Practice, 11(1), 63-79 An investigation into the influence of fathers' parenting beliefs and level of modernity on their children's development, based on a sample of 525 biological fathers and stepfathers participating in the Early Head Start Research and Demonstration Project	Reports & Papers
			Fathers and father figures of Head Start children: A study of the effects of involvement on children's socioemotional development Gorvine, Benjamin J., 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor An examination of father involvement in the Head Start program, focusing on predictors of father involvement and the effects of involvement on Head Start children's socioemotional development	Reports & Papers

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