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
Attitudes towards child support and knowledge of the Child Support Agency, 2004 [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of changes in attitudes concerning non-resident parents' financial responsibility to children since 2000 in the United Kingdom
Executive Summary
Barriers to lone parents' employment: Looking beyond the obvious
A discussion of the role of neighborhood disadvantage and policies to increase access to child care and training in the transition to employment among single parents on welfare
Other
The beliefs of teachers and daycare staff regarding children of divorce: A Q methodological study
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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"The changers and the changed": Preparing early childhood teachers to work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families
A study of the learning process and reactions of participants in a class founded on the Making Room in the Circle curriculum, designed to prepare pre-service early childhood educators to offer welcoming learning environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) children and families, based on data from 16 class participants and participant observations of 2 faculty and 2 doctoral students in a university sponsored course in the Southeast
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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 the employment behavior of single and married mothers
A paper relating labor force participation of married and single mothers to child care costs and wages
Reports & Papers
Childcare and family ideology in Sweden
An investigation of the effect of child care supply, in conjunction with attitudes towards family structure, on individual childbearing decisions, based on national survey data from 2001 to 2003
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
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Child care for low-income school-age children: Disability and family structure effects in a national sample
A study using nationally representative data to examine the use and quality of child care for school aged children from low income families, investigating the relations among child care use and quality, disability status, and family characteristics
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Child care in the Black community
A survey of child care needs assessment and planning in an urban black community
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
Correlates of grandmother childcare support to adolescent mothers: Implications for development in two generations of women
An examination of three issues of African-American grandmother child care support to adolescent mothers, including correlates of grandmother support, correlates of grandmother satisfaction, and the relationship between grandmother support and varying characteristics of teen adaptation to motherhood
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Counting on grandmothers: Black mothers' and fathers' reliance on grandmothers for parenting support
A survey of young black parents’ reliance on grandmothers for child care assistance
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Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods
A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study
Reports & Papers
The decline of cash welfare and implications for social policy and poverty
An overview of trends in welfare program participation, unemployment, and poverty among single-mother families, the decline of cash welfare, and the rise of child care subsidies, with a discussion of the possible influence of the 1996 welfare reform on child outcomes and well being
Other
Demographic change and the life circumstances of immigrant families
A discussion of the growing necessity of programs and policies that address the heath and educational needs of a rapidly increasing population of children in immigrant families in the United States
Reports & Papers
Different types of day care and their relationships to maternal satisfaction, perceived support, and role conflict
A study of the relationships among mothers’ demographic characteristics, child care choices, and attitudes and satisfaction concerning child care arrangements
Reports & Papers
The effect of child care on family structure: Theory and evidence
A presentation of a model of the role of child care in determining family structure, and an examination of empirical evidence for the model based on 1991 through 2009 data from the nationally representative German Socio-Economic Panel
Reports & Papers
Effects of divorce and cohabitation dissolution on preschoolers' literacy
A study of the association between children's early literacy and changes in the marital and cohabitation status of their parents, with an examination of the mediating roles of changes in household income, changes in depressive symptoms, changes in maternal stimulation of child learning, and mothers' pregnancy timing, based on data from approximately 6,450 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey-Birth cohort followed at 24 and 48 months
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Factors associated with stress among grandparents raising their grandchildren
An examination of the association between social support networks and the stress levels of grandparents raising their grandchildren, based on a sample of 129 grandparent-headed households, assessed using the Family Inventory of Resources for Management (FIRM) scale
Reports & Papers
Families and children 2001: Living standards and the children [Executive summary]
A summary of a 2001 survey of the living standards of families with dependent children in the United Kingdom
Executive Summary
Fathers' child care and children's behavior problems: A longitudinal study
A study of the influence of father care on child behavioral problem outcomes, based on a longitudinal study of 600 white, non-Hispanic, two-parent families from the National Survey of Families and Households
Reports & Papers
The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study: Baseline national report: Revised
A summary of findings from an initial analysis of baseline data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study--a longitudinal study of unmarried parents' characteristics, relationships, and access to resources, and the health and well-being of their children
Reports & Papers
Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study: Oakland, California: Baseline report
A summary of findings from the initial analysis of the first wave of data from the Oakland, California cohort of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study--a longitudinal study of unmarried parents' characteristics, relationships, and access to resources, and the health and well-being of their children
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