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Assessing the play beliefs of African American mothers with preschool children A critical discussion of rating scales that measure parent beliefs about play, and a description of a study through which the Parent Play Beliefs Scale (PPBS) was developed and validated, based on the participation of African-American families with children enrolled in Head Start centers |
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The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: A policy analysis A discussion of the development of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and an evaluation of the effect of the policy on families with varying incomes |
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Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency A study examining access to, participation in, and efforts to assist with child care for families with limited English proficiency, based on analysis of national data sets, focus groups with parents, state and county site visits, and interviews with officials and experts |
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies The second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment |
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Child care through the eyes of parents, children and child care providers: Significant male figures' perceptions of child care Findings from a study of child care practices, needs, opinions, and beliefs among significant male figures in a sample of low- and middle-income families in Minnesota, based on interviews with 18 men, including biological fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, boyfriends, friends of mothers, and other male figures |
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Child care, work, and depressive symptoms among low-income mothers 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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Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence |
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Contributions of the home literacy environment to preschool-aged children's emerging literacy and language skills A cross-sectional and longitudinal study of the influence of parents' demographic characteristics, literacy habits, reading beliefs, and literacy and language activities with the child on preschoolers' literacy and language development |
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Ethnic and social class similarities and differences in mothers' beliefs about kindergarten preparation A study of how much mothers' ethnicity, social class, and immigration status are associated with their beliefs regarding the most effective methods for promoting school readiness in children entering kindergarten |
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Family, friend and neighbor child care providers in recent immigrant and refugee communities An examination of child care practices, needs, and access in recent immigrant and refugee communities in Minnesota, based on focus groups conducted with family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care providers in their home languages |
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Family, friends and neighbors caring for children through the Minnesota Child Care Assistance Program: A survey of caregivers and parents A study of family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) care in Minnesota, examining its use by families receiving child care subsidies, characteristics of registered FFN providers, and strategies for FFN outreach and support |
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Fathers' and mothers' work and family issues as related to internalizing and externalizing behavior of children attending day care A study of the relation between fathers' and mothers' parenting stress and work-family conflict and children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors among middle and upper middle class, dual-earner couples with 18 to 48 month old children |
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Fathers of U.S. children born in 2001: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) 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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Female labour participation and child care choices in Spain An exploration of the relationship between maternal labor participation and families' child care choices, based on a subsample of 1,970 households who participated in the Spanish Time-Use Survey |
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Head Start-operated full-day services: Successes, challenges, and issues A descriptive study using focus groups in three full-service Head Start programs to examine how these programs worked, their strengths and challenges, and they were described by low income working parents |
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Maternal grandmothers as child care providers for rural, low-income mothers: A unique child care arrangement An examination of the positive and challenging aspects of grandmothers providing child care for their grandchildren, investigating the experiences of the grandmothers as well as the effects on the sample of low income mothers from rural communities |
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Maternal reading and teaching patterns: Associations with school readiness in low-income African-American families A study of the effects of maternal reading and teaching patterns on children’s school readiness and language scores, based on a sample of 126 low-income, young African-American mothers and their preschool-aged children |
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Missing work and quitting work: Child care-related employment problems A quantitative analysis of child care related employment problems among urban working mothers of infants which assesses the effectiveness of social support, the complexity of work and child care arrangements, and demographic characteristics regarding these problems |
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Mothers' literacy beliefs: Connections wih the home literacy environment and pre-school children's literacy development An examination of how mothers' literacy beliefs are incorporated into the home literacy environment and an evaluation of how this relation impacts preschool children's literacy development |
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Parents' perspectives on child care subsidies and moving from welfare to work The third part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, presenting focus group data on the experiences of current and former TANF recipients with the child care subsidy system |
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Payment for childcare: What happens when the families get one, two or three children? A study simulating the effects of child care costs on the incomes of families with one, two, or three children in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom |
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Predictors of paternal involvement for resident and nonresident low-income fathers An evaluation of a conceptual model assessing how child, father, and mother characteristics predict paternal involvement in low-income families |
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Rurality and social inclusion: A case of preschool education A review of ways social inclusion has been conceptualized in literature and a survey-based investigation applying these methods to the context of preschool education provision in rural areas of Scotland |
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Stability and change in childcare and employment: Evidence from the United States An examination of patterns of child care use and employment stability among current and former welfare recipients in Connecticut, Florida, and Minnesota |
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Who gets what from government?: Distributional consequences of child-care assistance policies An analysis of the level and distribution of child care assistance using data from the New York Social Indicators Survey to examine how many families receive assistance, how much assistance is received, and how the total assistance levels vary in terms of family, child, and parent characteristics |
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