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Adjustment to motherhood in low-income urban adolescents: The role of social support from child care providers
Sangster, Nadia Ann, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Temple University, Philadelphia

A study of high school-based child care and its influence on urban, African-American first-time adolescent mothers, focusing on their adjustments to motherhood and the quality and role of adolescents’ relationship with the school staff and Teen Parent Centers (TPC) child care providers

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African American, White and Hispanic child care preferences: A factorial survey analysis of welfare leavers by race and ethnicity
Shlay, Anne B., January 2010
Social Science Research, 39(1), 125-141

An examination of race and ethnicity differences in child care preferences and definitions of child care quality from a survey of 97 low income adults whose TANF benefits have been terminated in Pennsylvania

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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press

A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Book reading interactions between African American and Puerto Rican Head Start children and their mothers
Hammer, Carol Scheffner, December 2005
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 5(3), 195-227

An observational study examining and comparing the interaction styles between African American and Puerto Rican mothers and their Head Start children during shared book reading

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Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual-earner households: Maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks
Manlove, Elizabeth E., 2002
Infant and Child Development, 11(4), 305-320

A study of maternal reports of gender differences in weekday father involvement with 12-month-olds in 47 dual earner households utilizing full time infant day care with a focus on father’s time alone with infants, time available to the infant, and participation in care giving tasks

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Change in family income-to-needs matters more for children with less
Dearing, Eric, November/December 2001
Child Development, 72(6), 1779-1793

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

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Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 208-223). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 231-245). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life

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Child care or child neglect?: Baby farming in late-nineteenth-century Philadelphia
Broder, Sherri, 1988
Gender & Society, 2(2), 128-148

An article reviewing the history and implications of social inequalities, abandonment and infanticide in Philadelphia during the nineteenth century

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Child care subsidies post TANF: Child care subsidy use by African American, White and Hispanic TANF-leavers
Shlay, Anne B., December 2010
Children and Youth Services Review, 32(12), 1711-1718

A comparison of the child care subsidy use of 658 African American, White, and Hispanic former recipients of Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) from the greater Philadelphia area, based on data from a 2005 automated telephone survey

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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

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Child care, work, and depressive symptoms among low-income mothers
Press, Julie E., 2006
Journal of Family Issues, 27(5), 609-632

An examination of the correlation between symptoms of psychological depression among working mothers living in low income urban areas and variables associated with welfare participation, employment characteristics, and child care quality, based on data from 707 Philadelphia mothers participating in the Philadelphia Survey of Child Care and Work (PSCCW)

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Chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and child functioning at 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 151-162). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the link between maternal depression and mother-child interaction as it relates to children’s functioning at 36 months, based on data from 89 percent of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care sample

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Correlates of low-income African American and Puerto Rican fathers' involvement with their children
Fagan, Jay, 1998
Journal of Black Psychology, 24(3), 351-367

A study of sociostructural, psychological, and parenting skill determinants of parental involvement in socioeconomically disadvantaged Puerto Rican and African American fathers of preschool-age children

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Cumulative parenting stress across the preschool period: Relations to maternal parenting and child behaviour at age 5
Crnic, Keith A., 2005
Infant and Child Development, 14(2), 117-132

A study of cumulative parenting stress across two domains, life events, and parenting daily challenges, assessed with children 3-5 years old in a sample of 125 children and their mothers

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Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
Child Development, 76(4), 795-810

A study of the relationship between duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s development from birth to age 9, using comparisons of children from families who were never poor, poor only during their children’s infancy, poor only after their children's infancy, or chronically poor

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Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 246-258). New York: Guilford Press

A study of early child care, with respect to child care quality, stability, and amount, in the first 3 years of life as predictors of qualities of mother-child interaction across children’s transition to school

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Economic deprivation and early childhood development
Duncan, Greg, 1994
Child Development, 65(2), 296-318

A study of the impact of poverty and poverty correlates such as ethnicity, maternal education, neighborhood conditions and single parenthood on child cognitive and behavioral development, using longitudinal data from the Infant Health and Development program

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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 193-207). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life

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Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000
Journal of Family Psychology, 14(2), 200-219

An analysis of whether father, child and mother sociodemographic characteristics and maternal employment predict father's participation in caregiving activities and the sensitivity of fathers interactions with children, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 395-406). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study reporting analyses of whether father, child and mother sociodemographic characteristics and maternal employment predict father's participation in caregiving activities and the sensitivity of fathers interactions with children, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 109-126). New York: Guilford Press

An examination of the associations between four aspects of nonmaternal infant child care, age of entry, amount, type, and quality, and preexisting family characteristics, economics, and psychosocial factors

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Family income and its relation to preschool children's adjustment for families in the NICHD study of early child care
Mistry, Rashmita S., 2004
Developmental Psychology, 40(5), 727-745

A longitudinal study examining the relation between family income and family processes to child outcomes, investigating whether income has a greater impact for children from low income families

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Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood
Crosnoe, Robert, May/June 2010
Child Development, 81(3), 972-987

A study of the relationship between both math and reading achievement and growth and both family socioeconomic status and environmental stimulation at home, in preschool, in child care, and in 1st-grade classrooms, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 children

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Fathers of U.S. children born in 2001: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
Avenilla, Frank, July 2006
(E.D. Tab, NCES 2006-002). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Findings from a survey of biological fathers of sampled children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), including data on fathers' demographic characteristics, attitudes about fathering, and involvement in child care

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