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			Identity, work, & parenting: Implications for welfare reform Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Institute for Policy Research, 2001 (Illinois Families Study Policy Brief No. 2). Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research. An inquiry into the influence of the work requirements of the 1996 welfare reforms on the work-life balance of welfare recipients, based on interviews with a sample of 58 welfare recipients in Chicago	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			The impact of parental working conditions on school-age children: The case of evening work Heymann, Jody, 2001 Community, Work & Family, 4(3), 305-325 An examintion of parental evening work on the home environment of school-age children based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth	Reports & Papers
			The impact of welfare reform on infants and toddlers, their families, and their communities: The role of Early Head Start and Head Start Brookes, Sheila J., 2001 University of Missouri--Columbia, Center for Family Policy and Research. A summary of the results from a qualitative study investigating the barriers parents experienced in moving from welfare to work and how the Early Head Start and Head Start programs provided resources to meet those needs	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Increasing parental involvement in the preschool curriculum: What an action research case study revealed Bridge, Heather, 2001 International Journal of Early Years Education, 9(1), 5-21 An observational study of the use of the High/Scope preschool curriculum in a British child care center in order to improve the quality of parental involvement in a sample of employed parents	Reports & Papers
			Influence of Welfare Reform and Child Care Problems on the Detailed Employment Experiences of Low-income Mothers Press, Julie E., 2001 Temple University A project concentrating on the hypothesis that child care is responsible, in part, for disrupting the employment and economic self-reliance of low-skilled mothers. The study is based on the Philadelphia Survey of Child Care and Work--a one hour, quantitative, door-to-door survey of 707 Black, White and Hispanic mothers of children under age 13. Key questions include: (1) How do child care characteristics and constraints affect success at work?; (2) What are the effects of policies associated with welfare, work, and child care?; (3) How are work outcomes different for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) mothers compared with a control group of working mothers?; and (4) How are the answers to these questions different for mothers from different racial/ethnic groups, neighborhoods, family characteristics, and social resources?	Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
			Is family beyond justice?: Exploring determinants of wives' perceived fairness about the division of household labor and child care in Thailand Surinya, Tippavan, 2001 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis A study of the perceived fairness of the division of household labor and child care for 600 employed wives's of those working in the Government, quasi-government and private sectors in Bangkok, Thailand	Reports & Papers
			Is mom's mind on her baby?: Infant mental health in Early Head Start Solchany, JoAnne E., 2001 Zero to Three, 22(1), 39-47 A examination of infant mental health from a relationship perspective, focusing on patterns of interaction between babies and their mothers and adult relationships in Early Head Start between staff members and parents, and between home visitors and their supervisors	Reports & Papers
			Macro changes in public childcare provision, parental leave, and women's employment: An international comparison van Dijk, Liset, 2001 In L. van Dijk & T. van der Lippe (Eds.), Women's employment in a comparative perspective (pp. 37-58). New York: Aldine de Gruyter A study of the links between maternal employment and the availability of child care services, as compared between Eastern European and Western countries	Other
			Measuring father involvement in young children's lives: Recommendations for a fatherhood module for the ECLS-B Greene, Angela D., 2001 (Working Paper No. 2001-02). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. A report on the identification and measurement of aspects of father involvement affecting the outcomes of young children and on methodological challenges in measuring father involvement in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort	Other
			Mothers' and fathers' interactions with preschoolers in the home in northern Thailand: Relationships to teachers' assessments of children's social skills Tulananda, Oracha, 2001 Journal of Family Psychology, 15(4), 676-687 A Northern Thailand observational study of mothers' and fathers' interactions with their preschool aged children as related to teachers' assessments of children's social skills	Reports & Papers
			Mothers' employment and the use of childcare in the United Kingdom Duncan, Alan, 2001 (Working Paper No. W01/23). London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. A discussion of both the economic and social impact of the increased employment and child care usage rates of mothers in England	Reports & Papers
			My children come first: Welfare-reliant women's post-TANF views of work-family trade-offs and marriage Scott, Ellen K., 2001 Chicago: Joint Center for Poverty Research. An exploration of the views of single mothers receiving welfare on a work-life balance and marriage, based on interviews with 80 welfare-reliant mothers in Cleveland, Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through the Project on Devolution and Urban Change	Reports & Papers
			National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Draft United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001 Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state policies on families' choices	Reports & Papers
			National survey of Child Support Agency clients Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2001 (Research Report No. 152). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services. An inquiry into the experiences of families using the services of a Child Support Agency (CSA) in England, based on a survey of 2,409 clients of CSAs in England	Reports & Papers
			National survey of Child Support Agency clients [Executive summary] Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2001 (Research Report No. 152). London: Great Britain, Department for Work and Pensions. An executive summary of a survey of families who were clients of a Child Support Agency (CSA) in England	Executive Summary
			Nonstandard work and child care choices of married mothers Kimmel, Jean, 2001 (Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No. 01-74). Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. A presentation of two econometric models describing decision making processes of married working mothers: the type of care chosen by mothers working nonstandard work hours, and the choice to work non-standard hours when making employment and child care decisions simultaneously	Reports & Papers
			Nutrition socialization experiences of children in the Head Start program Gable, Sara, 2001 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 101(5), 572-577 A study of Head Start children�s nutrition socialization experiences, focusing on the relationship of adult nutrition attitudes and mealtime behaviors to young children�s eating behaviors and weight-for-height	Reports & Papers
			The Relationship Between Early Childhood Caregivers' Beliefs About Child-Rearing and Young Children's Development: A Secondary Analysis of Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human development Study of Early Child Care Katz, Jane R., 2001 Harvard University An examination of the child-rearing beliefs and authoritarian/non-authoritarian values of caregivers (center-based, family child care providers, grandparents, other relatives, and babysitters/nannies) in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD, 1994). The study furthers an understanding of non-parental caregivers' roles in young children's development. Findings may have social policy implications related to developing effective education and training programs for caregivers.	Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
			The responses of single mothers to welfare and child care subsidy programs under the new welfare reform act Tekin, Erdal, 2001 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill An analysis of the association between child care prices, wage rates, and state employment policies and child care payment and welfare behavior of single mothers in the post-welfare reform environment, using data from a national survey	Reports & Papers
			[Review of the book Children's interests/mothers' rights: The shaping of America's child care policy] Cochi Ficano, Carlena K., 2001 Contemporary Sociology, 30(2), 192-193 A review of a history of child care policy in the United States in the twentieth century, aimed at specialists in social welfare history and social policy	Book Reviews
			A study of family, child care and well-being in young Canadian families Seifert, Timothy L., March, 2001 Hull, Quebec, Canada: Human Resources Development Canada. A survey of child care arrangements in Canada, a study of the effect of family characteristics on child care use and arrangements, and an examination of the effects of child care on the behavioral and cognitive development of children	Reports & Papers
			Tag-team parenting: Costs and benefits of utilizing nonoverlapping shift work in families with young children Hattery, Angela J., 2001 Families in Society, 82(4), 419-427 An examination of costs and benefits of tag-team parenting using nonoverlapping shift work as a child care strategy for 30 families	Reports & Papers
			A view from four states and the District of Columbia: Parents receiving child care subsidies: Where do they work? Okuyama, Kumiko, 2001 Albany, OR: Linn-Benton Community College, Family Resources and Education Division. A summary of findings from seven studies of the employment patterns of low-income parents receiving child care subsidies.	Reports & Papers
			Women's employment and care of children in the United States Hofferth, Sandra L., 2001 In L. van Dijk & T. van der Lippe (Eds.), Women's employment in a comparative perspective (pp. 151-174). New York: Aldine de Gruyter A study determining the relationship between maternal employment and the time parents spend with their children, using data and time diaries from the Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)	Reports & Papers
			''You have to push it--who's gonna raise your kids?'': Situating child care and child care subsidy use in the daily routines of lower-income families Lowe, Edward D., 2001 (The Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 7). New York: MDRC. A study of the factors explaining the low and episodic use of center-based child care and child care subsidy programs, on the basis of data from the New Hope Ethnographic Study.	Reports & Papers

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