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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in low-income urban adolescents: The role of social support from child care providers Sangster, Nadia Ann, 2000 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Temple University, Philadelphia A study of high school-based child care and its influence on urban, African-American first-time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	Reports & Papers
			African American and Puerto Rican American parenting styles, paternal involvement, and Head Start children's social competence Fagan, Jay, 2000 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 46(4), 592-612 A comparison of African-American and Puerto Rican-American parenting styles and paternal involvement, and an examination of the relationship of mother�s and father�s parenting styles and child care involvement on Head Start participating children�s social competence	Reports & Papers
			An analysis of a public school prekindergarten Montessori bilingual program Rodriguez, Linda, 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX An analysis of second grade reading achievement scores of Spanish and English norm-referenced tests between children who participated in a Montessori bilingual program and those that attended a traditional bilingual program	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2002 Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families. A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits	Reports & Papers
			Changing family trends: Head Start must respond Washington, Valora, 1985 Young Children, 40(6), 12-19 A discussion of Project Head Start and the families and communities it serves, particularly their changing trends and the challenges this poses to the Head Start program	Reports & Papers
			The child care and educational planning of African-American and Latina adolescent mothers Perry, Tamara, 1998 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL A study of the influence of cultural factors on the educational expectations and decisions of teenage Latina and African American mothers	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care arrangements among low-income families: A qualitative approach Chaudry, Ajay, 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA An examination of child care arrangements among families in low-income urban neighborhoods, using longitudinal data from interviews with 42 mothers of preschool children in New York City	Reports & Papers
			Child care as a neglected dimension of family burden research Gamache, Gail, 1995 Research in Community and Mental Health, 8(1), 63-90 A study of the relationship of severe mental illness to biological parenthood and to the family burden that arises from caregiving responsibilities for the children; based on interviews with family members impacted by mental illness	Reports & Papers
			Child care as poverty policy: The effects of child care on work and family poverty Press, Julie E., 2000 In Prismatic metropolis: Inequality in Los Angeles (pp. 338-382). New York: The Russell Sage Foundation. A discussion of the role of child care arrangements in parents� decision to work and familial poverty, based on a subsample from the Los Angeles Study of Urban Inequality	Reports & Papers
			Child care by poor single mothers: Study of mother-headed families in India Rani, N. Indira, 2006 Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 37(1), 75-91 An investigation of child care options in low income, mother-headed families in India, including family characteristics, child care arrangements, and mothers' educational aspirations, help, and expectations of their children	Reports & Papers
			Child care fiscal policy analysis: Analyzing options to focus the state's existing resources to serve the state's neediest families Wright, Michael A., 2001 Sacramento: California State and Consumer Services Agency. An analysis of how hypothetical changes to child care eligibility, fee, and subsidy policies in California would affect the state's ability to provide child care for children from low-income families	Reports & Papers
			Child care, role satisfactions, and well-being among employed mothers of young children DiAntonio, Bronwen, 1999 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda An examination of the relationships between attributes of child care, satisfaction with child care, satisfaction with parenting, satisfaction with marriage, satisfaction with work and overall well-being	Reports & Papers
			The Child Care Self-Sufficiency Scale: Measuring child care funding and policy generosity across states Tvedt, Karen, 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Portland State University, OR The development of a composite measure of state generosity entitled the Child Care Self-Sufficiency Scale (CCSS), an examination of the relationship between the CCSS and state funding and policy indicators, the relationship between CCSS and political ideology, partisanship, wealth, and race/ethnicity, and an investigation of the relationship between the CCSS and differences in the characteristics of families, child care subsidy use, and type of care, from a secondary analysis of state-generated Child Care Development Fund data	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers Tekin, Erdal, 2002 Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families	Reports & Papers
			Childcare subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers Tekin, Erdal, Spring 2007 Journal of Human Resources, 42(2), 453-487 An exploration of the influence of the availability of child care subsidies and potential wages on parents� employment decisions, using data from the 1997 National Survey of America�s Families (NSAF)	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child day care in welfare reform: Are we targeting too narrowly? Meyers, Marcia K., 1995 Child Welfare, 74(6), 1071-1080 A study of whether California participants in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program are encountering reduced access to public child care subsidies because of public policy decisions to narrow and restrict eligibility; the data was collected through analysis of survey results from subsamples drawn from a random sample of 15,000 cases stratified over four counties	Reports & Papers
			Choice of child care in Black, White and Hispanic families: Relation to parents' child-rearing and educational beliefs and practices Kimmerly, Nancy L., 1999 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park A study of the selection of child care arrangements of Hispanic, Black and White parents and the relationship of family characteristics to the type of child care parents chose	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Cognitive stimulation: Does it mediate or moderate the relationship between income and school readiness? Blasberg, Amy, April 06, 2010 Unpublished master's thesis, Georgetown University, Washington, DC A study of the moderating or mediating influence of cognitive stimulation activities such as educational outings and home literacy activities on the relationship between school readiness and socioeconomic status based on data from primary caregiver interviews of children 4- through 6-years-old before kindergarten entry	Reports & Papers
			A comparison of European American and Puerto Rican parent's beliefs and expectations concerning early intervention programs for preschool children Achhpal, Beena, 2000 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs A comparison of the expectation of early childhood programs between Puerto Rican parents and European American parents, based on a sample of 60 Puerto Rican and European American parents of children in Head Start programs in northeastern Connecticut	Reports & Papers

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