Childcare and early years survey 2007: Parents' use, views and experiences
Kazimirski, Anne, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR025). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.
A survey of the child care arrangements, child care costs, barriers to access, and feelings about child care of parents of preschool- and school-aged children in the United Kingdom in 2007
Reports & Papers
Child care arrangements in urban and rural areas
Swenson, Kendall, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
A study comparing features of child care arrangements of children in urban and rural areas, including: type of arrangement, weekly hours in child care, auspice or sponsorship of center-based child care programs, child-adult ratio, and parent child care expenses, based on data from the nationally representative National Household Education Survey, 2005
Reports & Papers
Child Care Community Fund project: Year 1 evaluation report
Lambarth, Callie H., August 2008
Portland, OR: NPC Research.
First year results from 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
Reports & Papers
Families affected by the loss of basic sliding fee child care assistance in 2003: Child protection, school attendance, wage status
Larson, Anita, 2008
St. Paul: Minnesota, Department of Human Services.
An exploration of the well-being of families who no longer participated in the Basic Sliding Fee (BSF) child care assistance program in Minnesota, based on information on 492 families who were either terminated from or had a gap in participation in the BSF program
Reports & Papers
Lane County Child Care Enhancement Project: Final evaluation report
Worcel, Sonia D., September 2008
Portland, OR: NPC Research.
Final results from a three-year process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Lane County, Oregon, Child Care Enhancement Project--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 mentoring and technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings
Reports & Papers
What parents want: A survey of the preschool preferences of households in the city and county of Denver
Buckley, Pamela, August 2008
Denver, CO: Piton Foundation.
A study of Denver, Colorado, area families' preschool decisionmaking, arrangements, schedules, and expenses, based on interviews conducted with 700 households in the city and county of Denver
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