Immigrants families and childcare preferences: Do immigrants' cultures influence their childcare decisions?
An interview-based examination of how African immigrant parents of preschool children select care for their children and the effects of their culture on this decision
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An input-output approach to valuing non-market household time
A description and demonstration of a time-based economic model for valuing non-market household labor
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report
A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report
A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities
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Parents and the high price of child care: 2007 update
A study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies
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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data
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Preschool predictors of the need for early remedial and special education services
An examination of child related predictors (sociodemographic factors, cognitive development, child behavior) in terms of their relation to teacher recommendations for early placement in special education classes
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Providing a critical service today for tomorrow's consumers: A relational model of customer evaluations and responses in the child care industry
A description of the development and results of a theoretical model designed to examine the relations among child care users' evaluations of child care services, satisfaction with and faith in the services, as well as word of mouth intentions
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The state of preschool 2007: State preschool yearbook
An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state-funded preschool programs for children ages three and four, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2006-2007 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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Teacher and parent expectations of preschoolers’ behavior: Social skills necessary for success
A study of the social skill-related expectations parents and teachers have for young children in private preschools in at-risk neighborhoods, based on data collected from 35 teachers and 124 parents in Charlottesville, Virginia
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