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Age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic patterns in early computer use: A national survey A study of computer use patterns in children 6 months to 6 years of age focusing on the influences of age, gender, ethnicity, income, parental education, and family structure and the relationship between computer screen time and reading skills |
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Assessing the New Federalism A multi-year, multi-pronged project that analyzes state policy choices, including policy development and implementation, and family well-being in the context of the significant devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states |
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Changes in Massachusetts welfare and work, child care, and child welfare systems An overview of the changes in Massachusetts welfare policy as the focus shifts from families on welfare to those leaving welfare |
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Child care and the development of behavior problems among economically disadvantaged children in middle childhood A study of the relationship between low-income children's development of behavior problems during middle childhood and child care quality, extent and type of care, as well as an examination of child characteristics, gender, and race-ethnicity, as moderators of the development of behavior problems, based on data from 349 7- through 11-year-old participants in the Three-City Study |
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Child care and low-income children's development: Direct and moderated effects A study determining the effect of child care quality on low-income children's cognitive and social development, utilizing data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states A study of the primary child care arrangements of children under five whose mothers are employed, as well as of the variations in patterns of child care arrangements by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family. |
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Child care assistance under welfare reform: Early responses by the states An exploration of the child care assistance system in place just before the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and states’ use of the increased freedom of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to develop new systems of assistance |
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Child care expenses of America's families A study of the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13, with particular attention to low-income families. |
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Child care experiences in low-income communities: Developmental quality and maternal views A study of child care quality in low-income urban communities, including types of child care used and degree to which settings met children’s and mothers’ needs, based on data from a longitudinal welfare study: Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Child care in the era of welfare reform: Quality, choices, and preferences An examination of the child care experiences of low income families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio, and a discussion of the types of child care settings used to meet needs and preferences of families |
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Child care patterns of school-age children with employed mothers An examination of variations in out-of-school time child care arrangements used by families with working mothers, based on data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) |
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Children cared for by relatives: What do we know about their well-being? A discussion of the role of relative child care on child behavioral and cognitive development using data from the 1997 and 1999 Survey of American's Families |
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Children cared for by relatives: Who are they and how are they faring? An investigation into the well-being of children living in non-parental family arrangements, based of data from the National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF) |
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Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Early care and education: Work support for families and development opportunity for young children An investigation into the use of nonparental care by families, based on information gathered from the National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF) |
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Expanding developmental and behavioral services for newborns in primary care: Program design, delivery, and evaluation framework A longitudinal study evaluating the effects of the early intervention services of Healthy Steps and Healthy Steps Specialists on families during pregnancy and in the newborn period |
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Families who left welfare: Who are they and how are they doing? A study of the economic status of a nationally representative sample of families who left welfare in the early period after federal welfare reform |
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Getting and retaining child care assistance: How policy and practice influence parents experiences A study of parents' interaction with the child care subsidy system and how state and local subsidy policies and practices affect parents' experiences. Particular attention is paid to the process of applying for and retaining subsidies. |
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The hours that children under five spend in child care: Variation across states A study of the number of hours that children under five spent in child care while their mothers were at work and the variations in child care use by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family. |
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Left behind or staying away?: Eligible parents who remain off TANF An overview of eligible single parents who do not participate in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) |
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National Survey of America's Families, 1997 A cross-sectional survey of the economic, health, and social characteristics of families in the United States including such topics as child health care, child well being, child behavior problems, child care use, child education and cognitive development, and child social and emotional development. |
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National Survey of America's Families, 1999 A cross-sectional survey of the economic, health, and social characteristics of families in the United States covering such topics as child health care, child well being, child behavior problems, child care use, child education and cognitive development, and child social and emotional development. |
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Navigating the child care subsidy system: Policies and practices that affect access and retention A brief that summarizes the results of a study of child care subsidy policies and practices that can affect parents' interaction with the subsidy agency, the subsidy application process, and subsidy retention. |
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The new child care block grant: State funding choices and their implications A discussion of states’ usage of the Child Care Block Grant (CCBG) after the 1996 welfare reform and the implication of such changes in spending on welfare programs |
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Nonstandard schedules and young children's behavioral outcomes among working low-income families An examination of how mothers' nonstandard night, weekend, or rotating work schedules affect their preschool children's behavior |
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