American grandparents providing extensive child care to their grandchildren: Prevalence and profile
An examination of the prevalence and profile of grandparent care from 1992-1994 National Survey of Families and Households
Reports & Papers
Care of mildly ill children: Issues and national policy directions in child care: Executive summary
An executive summary of a study of parent and child care provider concerns about the care of mildly ill children.
Executive Summary
Caring for infants and toddlers: Analysis and recommendations
An overview of child development and parenting issues, with recommendations for how government, employers, and the community can improve the caregiving options for parents of very young children
Other
Caring for infants and toddlers [Executive summary]
A summary report on caregiving options and supports, including parental leave and child care, for families with children under three in the United States and abroad.
Executive Summary
Caring for our youngest: Public attitudes in the United States
A summary of public opinion research on the role of parents and the government in children's care.
Other
Change in family income-to-needs matters more for children with less
An examination of changes in family income-to-needs and its effect on young children's cognitive, language, and behavioral development and outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Characteristics of children and families entering early intervention
A detailed description of the population of disabled infants and toddlers using early intervention services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), including birth histories, types of disabilities, health status, behavior characteristics, and family demographics
Reports & Papers
Child care and abuse in China
An account of child rearing practices, considered to be child abuse by current western standards, carried out in China during the period of 1000 B.C. to 1644 A.D.
Other
The child care and employment decision-making processes of expecting parents
A study of the child care and employment decision making processes of expecting parents
Reports & Papers
Child care costs and lone mothers' employment rates: UK evidence
A study of the significance of child care costs on single British mothers' decisions to return to employment, using data from the Lone Parents Survey
Reports & Papers
Child care costs and women's employment: A comparison of single and married mothers with pre-school-aged children
An analysis of the effects of child care costs on the employment of single and married women with preschool-aged children, using data from the 1991 to 1994 March Current Population Surveys
Reports & Papers
Children cared for by relatives: Who are they and how are they faring?
An investigation into the well-being of children living in non-parental family arrangements, based of data from the National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF)
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers
An investigation into the correlation between welfare participants’ receipt of a child care subsidy and that participant’s employment, job search, or school attendance, using data from the 1997 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF)
Reports & Papers
Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care for preschool- and young school-aged children
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
Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care for very young children
An analysis of the effects of child care assistance on infant toddler child care use by low-income single-parent families, using data from five experimental evaluation studies of welfare and employment programs
Other
Does child care assistance matter?: The effects of welfare and employment programs on child care use: Executive summary
A summary of an inquiry into the effects of child care assistance offered through welfare programs on the child care decisions made by parents, based on data gathered from low-income parents participating in 21 employment programs
Executive Summary
Does maternal employment mandated by welfare reform affect children's behavior?
A longitudinal study investigating associations between children's behavior and characteristics of their mothers' employment (i.e., duration of employment, transitions from non-work to work, and extent of work participation)
Reports & Papers
The East German child care system: Associations with caretaking and caretaking beliefs, and children's early attachment and adjustment
An examination of the developing East German child care system questioning if sociopolitical changes adversely affected children's early development and attachments
Reports & Papers
The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes
A longitudinal study controlling for factors such as child care use to determine if the effects on child cognitive development of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life persisted through ages seven or eight, using data from the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
Reports & Papers
Employer supports for parents with young children
A review of support provided by employers to parents of young children, including such traditional benefits as vacation and health insurance and such family friendly initiatives as on-site child care, paid time off, flexible schedules, and counseling and information.
Other
Family configurations and child care patterns: Families with two or more preschool age children
An examination of the extent to which mothers must find child care arrangements for more than one preschool child and the strategies used to coordinate their work and family roles
Reports & Papers
A family ecological analysis of child care use in Hong Kong
An analysis of the preferences and use of child care among white-collar working mothers in Hong Kong from a family ecological perspective
Reports & Papers
Healthy Steps: Delivering developmental services for young children through pediatric primary care
A discussion of the Healthy Steps program and its emphasis on behavioral and developmental services for parents with children in the first three years of life
Reports & Papers
Home alone: Maternal employment, child care and adolescent behavior
An inquiry into the links between maternal employment and the outcomes of children without regular adequate adult supervision, and an exploration of the influence of child care subsidies on the adequate supervision of children
Reports & Papers
How are Swedish women faring?: Child care as a gauge
An examination of the correlation between the state of publicly funded child care and Sweden’s support of a dual breadwinner household model
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