Arranging and paying for child care
O'Brien-Strain, Margaret, 2003
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A report on the child care arrangements, payment methods, preschool enrollment, and potential costs of universal preschool provision in California
Reports & Papers
Arranging and paying for child care [Executive summary]
O'Brien-Strain, Margaret, 2003
San Fransisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A summary of a report on the child care arrangements, payment methods, preschool enrollment, and potential costs of universal preschool provision in California
Executive Summary
The care of mildly ill children: Perspectives of Canadian parents and childcare directors
Polyzoi, Eleoussa, 2003
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 1(2), 213-225
A comparison between parents' child care preferences for mildly ill children and those of child care directors
Reports & Papers
Child care services: An exploratory study of choice, switching and search behaviour
Grace, Debra, 2003
European Journal of Marketing, 37(1/2), 107-132
An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the decision to switch from one provider to another, based on a sample of 84 respondents in Australia who had recently switched child care providers
Reports & Papers
Child care subsidies, welfare reforms, and lone mothers
Cleveland, Gordon, 2003
Industrial Relations, 42(2), 251-69
A study using policy simulations on the employment and child care decisions of single mother families with young children in Canada as they relate to employment incomes, social assistance incomes, and child care costs, based on data from the Canadian National Child Care Survey (CNCCS)
Reports & Papers
The choice of paid childcare, welfare, and labor supply of single mothers
Andren, Thomas, 2003
Labour Economics, 10(2), 105-264
An investigation of the relationship between the labor supply of single mothers in Sweden and paid child care and welfare participation
Reports & Papers
Determinants of out-of-school childcare arrangements among children in single-mother and two-parent families
Brandon, Peter D., 2003
Social Science Research, 32(1), 129-147
An examination of the influence of income, maternal employment hours, parental preference, and perceived risk to children on the out of school hours care choices of both single mothers and parents in two-working-parent families, based on data collected from a multistage-stratified sample of households from across the United States
Reports & Papers
The effects of welfare policy on child care decisions: Evidence from ten experimental welfare-to-work programs
Robins, Philip K., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 18). New York: MDRC.
A study examining the child care choices made by families on welfare due to changes in welfare policies by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
Reports & Papers
Families and children 2001: Work and childcare
Kasparova, Diane, 2003
London: Great Britain, Department for Work and Pensions.
Statistics on families employment decisions and utilization of child care in England, based on findings from the 2001 Families and Children Study (FACS)
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Grandparents as regular child care providers
Goodfellow, Joy, 2003
Every Child, 9(3), 8-9
An article briefly discussing why grandparents provide child care for their grandchildren and how grandparents are affected by providing care
Other
Highlights of the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Child Care Survey
University of Washington. Human Services Policy Center, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.
A summary of statistical information on early care and education utilization patterns in South Carolina
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Highlights of Illinois Child Care Survey
University of Washington. Human Services Policy Center, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.
A summary of data on child care and early education utilization patterns in Illinois, with information on number of children in care, primary care arrangements, use of evening and weekend care, and amount of time spent in care
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Highlights of Ohio Child Care Survey
University of Washington. Human Services Policy Center, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.
A summary of survey-based data on child care and early education utilization patterns in Ohio, with information on time spent in nonparental care, types of care used, and reasons for selection
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Highlights of South Carolina Child Care Survey
University of Washington. Human Services Policy Center, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.
A summary of data on early care and education utilization patterns in South Carolina
Fact Sheets & Briefs
How parents co-ordinate childcare, education and work
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, May, 2003
(Findings 593). York, United Kingdom: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
A summary of findings from a study of how mothers arrange the logistics of child care to fit with work commitments, and how the difficulty in arranging care affects workforce participation
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Illinois study of license-exempt child care: Interim report
Illinois. Department of Human Services, 2003
Springfield: Illinois Department of Human Services. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).
A presentation of first-year findings from a study on the provision and use of license-exempt child care in Illinois through the Illinois Child Care Program (ICCP)
Reports & Papers
Illinois study of license-exempt child care: Interim report [Executive summary]
Illinois. Department of Human Services, 2003
Springfield: Illinois Department of Human Services.
A summary of an interim report of findings from the first year of a three-year study on subsidized, license-exempt child care in Illinois.
Executive Summary
Instability in child care: Ethnographic evidence from working poor families in the New Hope intervention
Lowe, Edward D., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 15). New York: MDRC.
A study of the influence of financial and material resources, social network supports, interpersonal balance in the family, family goals and values, and the stability of the daily routine in changes or stability in child care choices, using data from the New Hope intervention
Reports & Papers
Marital status and full-time/part-time work status in child care choices
Connelly, Rachel, 2003
Applied Economics, 35(7), 761-77
A study on the relationship between child care price and the employment decisions of married and unmarried mothers
Reports & Papers
National Household Education Survey, 2001
National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION SURVEY, 1999 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences [Producer], 2003. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Distributor], 2003.
Data Sets
Out of their hands: Patching together care for children when parents move from welfare to work
Scott, Ellen K., 2003
(Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 16). New York: MDRC.
A study examining the behavior of single women moving from welfare to work as a result of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), and their ability to find and provide child care during employment hours in Cleveland, Ohio
Reports & Papers
Parental child care choices in Washington State
University of Washington. Human Services Policy Center, 2003
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.
A survey of parents with children under twelve years of age about their child care arrangements in Washington state
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Participants' perceptions of the childcare subsidy system
Pearlmutter, Sue, 2003
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 30(4), 157-173
A presentation of a focus group study of perceptions of cash assistance participants in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and the San Fernando Valley in California regarding child care subsidy use, choices of care, and perceptions of quality
Reports & Papers
Promoting Educational Well-being of Young Children with Out-of-Home Placement Histories: The Protective Influence of Formal Early Childhood Learning Experiences
Perlman, Staci M., 2003
University of Pennsylvania
A project that seeks to understand: (1) the prevalence of out-of-home placement experiences in a cohort of kindergarten children; and (2) how formal early childhood experiences contribute to resilient outcomes for children in out-of-home placement. The first objective is to examine the prevalence of out-of-home placement experiences for a cohort of kindergarten children in a large, urban public school system. The second objective is to investigate the relationship between out-of-home placement experience and early academic competence. The third objective involves a similar process to investigate the relationship between out-of-home placement experience and academic engagement. The fourth objective is to determine the extent to which formal early childhood experiences contribute to the resilience of children who have been placed in out-of-home care during their first six years of life. This project provides an opportunity for a dialogue between child welfare and education professionals about identifying strategies to promote the educational well-being of children with out-of-home placement experiences, which could stimulate the development of policies that support access to formal early childhood experiences for young children with out-of-home placement experiences.
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Rating early childhood environments
FPG Child Development Institute, 2003
Early Developments, 7(2)
A compilation of articles discussing rating systems and quality scales for child care and early education
Other