1997 census of child care services and 1996 census of child care services
Australia. Department of Family and Community Services, 1999
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Family and Community Services.
A report of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
Reports & Papers
1997 census of child care services and 1996 census of child care services: Summary booklet
Australia. Department of Family and Community Services, 1999
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Family and Community Services.
A summary of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
Executive Summary
1999 California child care portfolio
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, 1999
San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Other
1999 Oregon child care market rate study
Tvedt, Karen, 1999
A study of child care market rates in Oregon in 1999, including analyses of provider capacity and enrollment, average hours considered full time, children's age by provider type, and nonstandard hour care and additional fees
Reports & Papers
Access to child care for low-income working families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
An exploration of the magnitude of the gap between demand for, and actual acquisition of, child care subsidy assistance among low income, subsidy eligible families
Reports & Papers
Access to child care for low-income working families [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 1999
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
The executive summary of a research report that explores the gap between the demand for child care subsidy assistance and the actual receipt by low-income, subsidy eligible families.
Executive Summary
Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention
Lutz, Megan Noone, 1999
In Contextually relevant assessment of the emotional and behavioral adjustment of Head Start children. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Instruments
Adult/Child Interactive Reading Inventory
DeBruin-Parecki, Andrea, 1999
In Assessing adult/child storybook reading practices. Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement.
Instruments
After-school activities and the development of low-income urban children: A longitudinal study
Posner, Jill K., 1999
Developmental Psychology, 35(3), 868-879
A longitudinal study of the relationships among child characteristics, academic performance, social adjustment, after school program participation and family variables for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in third and fifth grade
Reports & Papers
After-school child care programs
Vandell, Deborah L., 1999
The Future of Children, 9(2), 64-80
An inquiry into the program quality and experiences of children in after-school programs, with an emphasis on the influence of after-school program participation on children?s outcomes
Other
After-school programs
Herr Research Center, 1999
(Applied Research in Child Development No. 1). Chicago: Herr Research Center.
A discussion of the growing need for after school programs and how such programs can be improved
Other
After-school programs for low-income children: Promise and challenges
Halpern, Robert, 1999
The Future of Children, 9(2), 81-95
A study of after school programs for low-income children in terms of demand and supply, program activities, sponsoring and supporting organizations, and funding, based on information from the ongoing evaluation of the after school program initiative Making the Most of Out-of-School Time (MOST)
Other
After-school talk: The effects of materials sent home from preschool
Marvin, Christine A., 1999
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 8(3), 231-240
Reports & Papers
Age and schooling effects on emergent literacy and early reading skills
Crone, Deanne A., 1999
Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(4), 604-614
A longitudinal study examining age and schooling on emergent literacy and early reading skills, based on a sample of 337 children from low-income backgrounds
Reports & Papers
Age of entry to day nursery and allergy in later childhood
Kramer, Ursula, 1999
The Lancet, 353(9151), 450-454
A cross-sectional study in Eastern Germany to determine the correlations between early entry to child care settings and allergy development or resistance later in life
Reports & Papers
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ): A Parent-Completed, Child-Monitoring System (2nd ed.)
Bricker, Diane D., 1999
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing [Primary source]
Instruments
Almost a million children in school before kindergarten: Who is responsible for early childhood services?
Clifford, Richard M., 1999
Young Children, 54(5), 48-51
An exploration into the public early childhood education services provided by local and state education agencies
Other
Alternate child care, history of hospitalization, and preschool child behavior
Youngblut, JoAnne M., 1999
Nursing Research, 48(1), 29-34
An examination of alternate child care experiences on the relationship between hospitalization and behavior of preschool children living in female-headed single-parent families
Reports & Papers
Alternative paradigms and professionalizing childhood care and education: The Oregon example
Morgaine, Carol, 1999
Child & Youth Care Forum, 28(1), 5-19
An analysis of the different knowledge paradigms involved in the professionalization of child care and early education, using the Oregon Career Development System as an example.
Other
America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 1999
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (U.S.), 1999
Washington, DC: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
An annual summary of national indicators of child well-being designed to monitor change over time
Reports & Papers
America's schoolchildren: Past, present, and future
Elise, Cappella, 1999
The Future of Children, 9(2), 21-29
An examination of changes in demographics and characteristics of school-age children may have on public attitudes toward children and youths and on support for government funding for programs
Other
America reads in Head Start classrooms: Partners in literacy
Horobin, Karen D., 1999
NHSA Dialog, 3(1), 128-152
A study of a Head Start intervention program to enhance children’s literacy knowledge, utilizing collaborations between University faculty and interns
Reports & Papers
An analysis of the child and adult care food program in child care centers
Kapur, Kanika, 1999
Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.
An analysis of the characteristics of three types of child care centers: centers that choose to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), centers that are eligible for CACFP but do not participate, and centers that are not eligible for CACFP, focusing on a center’s propensity to participate in CACFP conditional on being eligible
Reports & Papers
An analysis of women's return-to-work decisions following first birth
Barrow, Lisa, 1999
Economic Inquiry, 37(3), 432-451
An examination of the economic determinants of a woman’s decision to return to work within one year after childbirth
Reports & Papers
...And this helps me how?: Family child care providers discuss training
Taylor, Andrew R., 1999
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(3), 285-312
A discussion of the obstacles involved in establishing successful training programs for family child care providers
Reports & Papers