Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50
An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes
Reports & Papers
Child care expenses of America's families
Giannarelli, Linda, 2000
(Occasional Paper No. 40). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
A study of the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13, with particular attention to low-income families.
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Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta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
Child care, subsidy receipt and state of residence: Comparisons by age and parent work schedule
Georges, Annie, December 2001
Paper presented to the 23rd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November
A study of the differences in child care arrangements as it relates to costs of care and state of residence among children in families eligible for subsidies
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
The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA
Blau, David M., October 2007
Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 719-741
A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
Reports & Papers
The effects of on-site child care arrangements on associate degree attainment among poor urban women in the Bronx, New York
Ritze, Nancy, 1996
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, New York
A dissertation concerning the effects of structured, on-site child care arrangements within a higher education setting on associate degree attainment among poor urban minority women in the Bronx, New York
Reports & Papers
Maternal grandmothers as child care providers for rural, low-income mothers: A unique child care arrangement
Reschke, Kathy L., 2006
Journal of Children & Poverty, 12(2), 159-174
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
Reports & Papers
Still nowhere to turn: New York City's continuing failure to inform parents about their childcare rights
Powell, Roslyn, 2001
New York: NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund.
A follow-up survey of welfare recipients’ knowledge of their child care rights in New York City, based on a survey of 96 individuals receiving public assistance from eleven Employment Services Offices or Job Centers in New York City
Reports & Papers
Who gets what from government?: Distributional consequences of child-care assistance policies
Durfee, Alesha, 2006
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 68(3), 733-748
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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