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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Childminders
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A comprehensive survey of England?s nanny workforce characteristics, 2002-2003

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Day nurseries and other full-day care provision
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A comprehensive survey of England?s full-day child care provider workforce characteristics, 2002-2003

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Adolescents assuming adult roles: Factors associated with teens providing child care for younger siblings
Capizzano, Jeffrey, 2004
(JCPR Working Paper No. 353). Chicago: Joint Center for Poverty Research.

A study examining patterns of adolescent sibling child care usage by single- and two-parent families, using data from the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

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After-school care: Child outcomes and recommendations for research and policy
Sarampote, Nicole C., 2004
Child & Youth Care Forum, 33(5), 328-348

A review of research on the outcomes of afterschool child care arrangements including self care, relative care, and afterschool programs.

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The Australian child-care centre as a developmental niche
Nyland, Berenice, 2004
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 11(2), 27-38

An analysis of the communicative language experiences of two infant children filmed in child care centers over a period of eighteen months, studying the child care center as a developmental niche

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California program focuses on school readiness
Stanley, M. Sue, 2004
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 96(4), 69

A description of the Readiness and Early Activities for Children from the Heart (REACH), a program designed to encourage the development and retention of center-based child care professionals in Long Beach, California.

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The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States
Brandon, Peter D., 2004
International Migration, 42(2), 65-87

A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families

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Child care oversight: Assuring safety, health and learning in early care and education services
Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, 2004
New York: Citizens' Committee for Children of New York.

A study of the monitoring and oversight of center based and family child care in New York City, focusing on licensing, staffing, facilities, health, and safety, with quality enhancement recommendations for city and state agencies

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Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes
Wolf, Anne, 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family variations in timing and type of children's initial child care arrangements and then variations in amount of hours spent in child care per week from birth to age three

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Child day care risks of common infectious diseases revisited
Lu, Ning, 2004
Child: Care, Health and Development, 30(4), 361-368

A study of the rate of infectious diseases (respiratory and diarrhea) reported in children who attended center based child care compared with the reported rate in children who did not attend out of home child care

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Child daycare services
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004
In Career guide to industries, 2004-05 (Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin 2571, 6th ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

An overview of the child care workforce and industry

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Children in low-income families are less likely to be in center-based child care
Capizzano, Jeffrey, 2004
(Snapshot of America's Families III No. 16). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief comparing the child care arrangements of children under five from high- and low-income families.

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Computer use in preschools: Directors' reports of the state of the practice
Lynch, Sharon A., 2004
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 6(2)

A study of the use of computers in licensed child care facilities in Texas

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The cost and quality of family child care in Maine
Marshall, Nancy L., 2004
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley Centers for Women.

A study on the child care quality and workforce issues of family child care providers in Maine

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The cost and quality of family child care in Maine [Executive summary]
Marshall, Nancy L., 2004
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley Centers for Women.

A study of 90 licensed family child care providers in Maine to determine what workforce issues this segment of the child care industry faces, the quality of care they offer, and the costs associated with providing family child care

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Current research on child care effects
McCartney, Kathleen, 05 February, 2004
In R.E. Tremblay, R.G. Barr, & R. DeV. Peters (Eds.), Encyclopedia on early childhood development [online]. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development.

A discussion of recent research on child care and an overview of results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care, including effects of child care quality, hours in child care, and types of care

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Day care deception: What the child care establishment isn't telling us
Robertson, Brian, 2004
San Francisco: Encounter Books

A critical examination of the impact of raising children in center-based day care

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Early child care: The known and the unknown
Vandell, Deborah L., 2004
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 50(3), 387-414

A review of previous child care research looking at the relations between child care quality, arrangements, and outcomes in terms of children's development

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Early childhood care and education in Africa: The case of Botswana
Bar-On, Arnon, 2004
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2(1), 67-84

An overview of the early care and education programs in Botswana, discussing caregivers, quality, curricula, participants, group size, educators' experiences, equipment, and physical locations

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The early childhood workforce in 'developed' countries: Basic structures and education
Moss, Peter, 2004
(UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 27). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A discussion of the trend to integrate child care and educational services in center-based early childhood programs, and how this phenomenon will impact the child care workforce

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The effects of daycare participation for children
Sawchuk, Tyson R., 2004
Unpublished master's thesis, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

An examination of the effects of child care attendance on young children's behavior, affect, socioemotional development, and academic achievements as compared with young children who received only maternal care

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Effects of three levels of early intervention services on children prenatally exposed to cocaine
Claussen, Angelika H., 2004
Journal of Early Intervention, 26(3), 204-220

A study of the association between 3 early intervention levels, center, home, and primary care, and cognitive, language, motor, and behavioral development in a sample of 130 children, from birth to age 3, prenatally exposed to cocaine

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Emergent literacy in family child care: Perceptions of three providers
Walker, Sharryn Larsen, 2004
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 19(1), 18-31

A qualitative study examining the attitudes of family child care providers regarding early literacy, using ethnographic data collection techniques

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The evolution of kinship care policy and practice
Geen, Rob, 2004
The Future of Children, 14(1), 130-149

A discussion of issues related to kinship foster care, including caregiver characteristics, payment and licensure, and caregiver support

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An external evaluation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program: Final report
MGT of America, Inc., 2004
Tallahassee, FL: MGT of America.

An implementation evaluation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program, a Maryland initiative to improve the access to and quality of programs for children from birth to age five, as well as improve child outcomes, through early childhood centers (Judy Centers) and accreditation and professional development grants (Enhancement Grants), based on program administrative data, stakeholder surveys, interviews, and focus groups, child assessments, and direct program observation

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