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Child care and child development: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1994
In Developmental follow-up: Concepts, domains and methods. (pp. 377-396). San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc.

A description of the theoretical framework for the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, assessing relationships among family life, child care processes and child behavioral development

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Child care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns [Abridged]
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L., 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 67-77). New York: Guilford Press

A study of employment and child care characteristics, concerns, and problems in a sample of 166 families with children with diagnosed disabilities by 12 months old, as compared to a sample of 139 typically developing children and their families from the Seattle site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Infant Behavior & Development, 26(3), 345-370

A study of the relationship between early child care experiences in a child's first 3 years of life and mother-child interaction through the child's transition to school

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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security: Results of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Child Development, 68(5), 860-879

A study of the relationship between nonmaternal infant child care arrangements and infant and mother attachment security and relationships

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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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The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2002
Applied Developmental Science, 6(3), 144-156

A longitudinal study of the interaction between family risk factors and child care characteristics to determine their effect on behavior problems, prosocial behavior and language skills

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Poverty and patterns of child care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
In G. J. Duncan & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Consequences of growing up poor (pp. 100-131). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

A discussion of infant child care experience, particularly the effects of family characteristics on hours spent in care, family income and poverty status, and whether these can accurately predict patterns of child care

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