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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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...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

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Are children worse off?: Evaluating child well-being using a new (and improved) measure of poverty
Iceland, John, 1999
(Poverty Measurement Working Papers). Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

A report analyzing data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) to determine whether low-income children are at more of a disadvantage than low-income adults

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Assessing the role of Head Start family service workers
Franze, Sarah, 1999
NHSA Dialog, 2(1), 57-64

An exploration of the role of family service workers in Head Start programs, with a proposal of methods to evaluate Head Start’s social service components, based on focus group interviews with 66 family service workers from three urban and rural Head Start programs in the Southeastern United States

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An assessment of Early Steps: A program for early intervention of reading problems
Santa, Carol M., 1999
Reading Research Quarterly, 34(1), 54-79

An examination of Early Steps an early intervention program for first graders at risk for poor reading acquisition

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Australia's child care subsidies: A distributional analysis
Schofield, Deborah, 1999
Brazilian Electronic Journal of Economics, 2(2)

An investigation into the distribution of child care subsidies across different types of families, based on a simulation of child care utilization, using information from the Department of Human Services and Health in England

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The availability of child care and mothers' employment in West Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela, December 1999
(Discussion Papers 191). Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung (German Institute for Economic Research).

An exploration of the links between parents' access to affordable, quality child care and maternal employment rates in West Germany, based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) on households with at least one child under age 12

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Availability of day care services for preschool children with special health care needs
Markos-Capps, Gina, 1999
Infants and Young Children, 11(3), 62-78

A survey-based study examining the availability and factors affecting child care services for preschool children with special needs, focusing on types of interventions provided, center directors' perceptions of inclusion, staff-child ratios, and requirements for admission of preschool children with special needs

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Beating the odds from 3 to 6 P.M.: Evaluation results from the TASC After-School Program’s first year: Preliminary report
Fiester, Leila, 02 June, 1999
New York: The After-School Corporation.

An evaluation of the after school program implemented in 50 New York City schools by The After-School Corporation (TASC), including documentation of program characteristics and measurement of participants’ experiences

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Behavior problems among young children in low-income urban day care centers
Gross, Deborah, 1999
Research in Nursing & Health, 22(1), 15-25

A description of the frequency and correlation of behavior problems, the degree to which parents and teachers agree about the children’s behavior problems in their respective contexts, and family characteristics that distinguish toddlers with behavior problems both at home and at day care from the rest of the sample, based on a sample of parents of 2- and 3-year-old children from low-income families

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Beliefs in child care: Social work consensus and lack of consensus on issues of parenting and decision-making
Daniel, Brigid, 1999
Children & Society, 15(3), 179-191

A study in Scotland of the consistency between social worker’s beliefs and opinions about good-enough parenting and decision-making in child care and protection cases

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Benefiting all beneficiaries of social assistance: The 2-year effects and expense of subsidized versus nonsubsidized quality child care and recreation
Browne, Gina, 1999
National Academies of Practice Forum, 1(2), 131-142

An examination of the benefits and expenses of subsidized versus non-subsidized child care and recreational programs

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Blending work and family: A case study
Sprang, Ginny, 1999
AFFILIA, 14(1), 98-116

A study and discussion of the impact of employer-based infant-care programs on mothers, infants and the workplace

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''Block the sun, not the fun'': Evaluation of a skin cancer prevention program for child care centers
Crane, Lori A., 1999
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 17(1), 31-37

An evaluation of a skin cancer prevention program for preschools and child care centers

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