Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
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
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Child care in the first year of life [Abridged]
A description of child care during the first 12 months of life, including initiation and amount of infant child care, child care history patterns during the first year, and the types, multiplicity, and stability of care used by parents of infants over the course of the first year, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care
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Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes
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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Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs
A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms
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Early child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
An abridged reprint of a study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months
A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children
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Effect of food messages in children's books on preschool children's vegetable acceptance
An evaluation of the effectiveness of using children’s literature to increase vegetable acceptance, based on a sample of 118 children aged 2- to 5-years old enrolled in a Head Start program
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Family service delivery in Early Head Start: Perspectives of professionals in six states
A discussion of the obstacles in delivering family service programs to families in Early Head Start programs, based on interviews with 43 Early Head Start directors and surveys of 206 staff members in six Midwestern states
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Low-income children's participation in out-of-school activities: Predictors, developmental differences, and consistency over time
An analysis of the relationship of low-income children's participation in out-of-school activities to children's and families' characteristics that tend to predict children's participation levels, with periodic assessments of developmental differences, consistency, and change, using data from the New Hope project, an anti-poverty demonstration designed to increase financial resources of families
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New hope for families and children: Five-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare
An evaluation of a program designed to help low income families find and maintain employment, reduce poverty and improve overall family well-being
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Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care? [Abridged]
An abridged reprint of a study reporting analyses of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.
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