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2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-13). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6

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Adieu Rabenmutter: The effect of culture on fertility, female labour supply, the gender wage gap and childcare
Borck, Rainald, January 2011
(CESifo Working Paper No. 3337). Munich, Germany: CESifo.

A presentation and discussion of a cross-national model of the relationships among fertility, female labor force participation, child care provision, and the gender wage gap

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Adult-child processes and early schooling
Pianta, Robert C., 1997
Early Education and Development, 8(1), 11-26

A discussion on the relationship of school outcomes to social processes

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The adult worker model family, gender equality and care: The search for new policy principles and the possibilities and problems of a capabilities approach
Lewis, Jane, 2005
Economy and Society, 34(1), 76-104

A discussion of principles involved in the theoretical shift towards the adult worker model, involving assumptions of increased individualization and self-sufficiency, especially with regards to women

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Airlines, flight attendants, and dependent care
Desrosiers, Alyce, January, 1997
Portland, OR: Portland State University.

An investigation into the relationship between child care arrangements of flight attendants and their absenteeism, based on a survey of 113 flight attendants with dependent care responsibilities based out of Oregon

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Allocation of time to preschool children and educational opportunity
Hill, C. Russell, 1974
Journal of Human Resources, 9(3), 323-341

A study of the relationships among child and parent interaction time, child and family characteristics and child cognitive and social development

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Alternate child care options: Preferences of the hill community
Ahuja, Abba, 2000
International Journal of Early Childhood, 32(2), 91-96

An exploration of the child care needs of women living in a rural upland hill area in India

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American grandparents providing extensive child care to their grandchildren: Prevalence and profile
Fuller-Thomson, Esme, 2001
The Gerontologist, 41(2), 201-209

An examination of the prevalence and profile of grandparent care from 1992-1994 National Survey of Families and Households

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An analysis of parental attitudes toward child care arrangements in urban Chinese families
Zheng, Fuming, 1997
International Journal of Sociology of the Family, 27(2), 69-78

A study of the relationship between parental attitudes and parenting practices based on child care arrangements in the People’s Republic of China

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An analysis of women's return-to-work decisions following first birth
Barrow, Lisa, 1999
Economic Inquiry, 37(3), 432-451

An examination of the economic determinants of a woman’s decision to return to work within one year after childbirth

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Attitudes toward the employment of mothers of preschoolers: Implications for child care
Henderson, Laura W., 1993
Child & Youth Care Forum, 2(1), 23-42

A discussion of attitudes towards maternal employment, child care and implications on policy

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Atypical working hours: Consequences for childcare arrangements
Le Bihan, Blanche, 2004
Social Policy & Administration, 38(6), 565-590

An inquiry into the child care arrangements and work-life balance of families with parents who work atypical hours, based on a subsample of 12 families from France, Finland, and Portugal from the SOCCARE Project

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The availability of child care and mothers' employment in West Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela, December 1999
(Discussion Papers 191). Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung (German Institute for Economic Research).

An exploration of the links between parents' access to affordable, quality child care and maternal employment rates in West Germany, based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) on households with at least one child under age 12

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The availability of child care centers in China and its impact on child care and maternal work decisions
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, December, 2002
(Labor and Population Program Working Paper Series 00-20, DRU-2824-NIH). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the relationship of child care center availability in China to maternal employment and child care use, based on data from the longitudinal China Health and Nutrition Survey

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Availability of childcare support and nutritional status of children of non-working and working mothers in urban Nepal
Nakahara, Shinji, 2006
American Journal of Human Biology, 18(2), 169-181

An examination of the effects of child care and maternal employment on young children's nutritional status in urban Nepal, comparing the nutritional status of children with working mothers with those of children whose mothers did not work

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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 1. Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

An examination of ways in which tax and benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices in Australia, Denmark, and the Netherlands affect parents trying to balance work and family life

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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 2. Austria, Ireland and Japan
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

An examination of ways in which tax and benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices in Austria, Japan, and the Republic of Ireland affect parents trying to balance work and family life

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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 3. New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

An examination of ways in which tax and benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices in New Zealand, Portugal, and Switzerland affect parents trying to balance work and family life

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Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 4. Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

An examination of ways in which tax and benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices in Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom affect parents trying to balance work and family life

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Balancing the family budget: Differences in childcare expenditures by race/ethnicity, economic status, and family structure
Brayfield, April, 1995
Social Science Quarterly, 76(1), 158-177

A study on factors affecting child care expenditures within families with children under five using data from the 1990 National Child Care Survey

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Balancing parenthood and employment: Factors affecting company receptiveness to family-related innovations in the workplace
McNeely, R. L., 1988
Family Relations, 37(2), 189-195

A study of the implementation of innovative programs in the workplace that enhance the balance between work and family life, and the common characteristics amongst companies that communicate greater receptiveness to such programs

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Balancing work and family in the first four and a half years of life
Bozzi, Laurie, 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

A set of two longitudinal analyses of data from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC). The first analysis investigates the effects of maternal employment, work/family attitudes, and childcare on mothers’ responsiveness to their children in the first four years of their children’s lives; the second analysis examines changes in mothers’ perceptions of the relative rewards and strains of being employed during their children’s first three years of life.

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Balancing work and family responsibilities: Flextime and child care in the federal government
Ezra, Marni, 1996
Public Administration Review, 56(2), 174-179

An analysis of the effectiveness of family-friendly policies on federal workers’ satisfaction with their jobs and work/family balance based on the 1991 Survey of Federal Employees

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A bargain at any price?: Child care costs and women's employment
Brayfield, April, 1995
Social Science Research, 24(2), 188-214

A study of the influences of child care costs on women's employment

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The beliefs of teachers and daycare staff regarding children of divorce: A Q methodological study
Overland, Klara, April, 2012
Teaching and Teacher Education, 28(3), 312-323

A study of staff opinions about typical behaviors of young children in child care settings whose parents experience divorce or separation, based on a survey of 33 early educators in Norway

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