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			Nonstandard work schedules and child care decisions: Evidence from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care Han, Wen-Jui, 2004 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19(2), 231-256 A study of the relationship between parents' work schedules and child care arrangements, using longitudinal data collected by the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Early Child Care Research Network	Reports & Papers
			Can child care assistance in welfare and employment programs support the employment of low-income families? Gennetian, Lisa A., 2004 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23(4), 723-743 An investigation of different welfare and employment programs with child care assistance policies and their effects on employment rates and child care decisions of low income families	Reports & Papers
			Child care preferences and choices: Are AFDC recipients unique? Meyers, Marcia K., 1992 Social Work Research & Abstracts, 28(1), 28-34 An analysis of data concerning child care decisions, arrangements, and attitudes of single mothers entering the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program in California	Reports & Papers
			Type of child care and children's development at 54 months NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2004 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19(2), 203-230 An investigation of the factors that contribute to parents' child care decision-making, and the effects of child care settings on child outcomes, funded by the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers Tekin, Erdal, 2002 Unpublished manuscript, Georgia State University, Atlanta An analysis of the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment and child care decisions among single mothers in the early post-welfare reform period, using data from the National Survey of America's Families	Reports & Papers
			Steps to Excellence Program implementation plan: Launching a child care quality rating system in Los Angeles County Los Angeles County (Calif.). Policy Roundtable for Child Care, October 12, 2006 A discussion of implementation strategies for the Step Up to Excellence Program (STEP), a child care quality rating and improvement system to assist parents in Los Angeles County, California in their child care decisions	Reports & Papers
			Child care choices of Hispanic families: Why aren't families using center care? Daugherty, Lindsay, 2010 (RGSD-258). Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pardee Rand Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA. An examination of the relationship between families? access to child care by relatives, access to child care centers, and the role of language barriers in child care decisions by Hispanic families, based on data from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) on children aged birth through 5 and not enrolled in kindergarten	Reports & Papers
			Child care choices for working families: Examining child care choices of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local 2 members working in San Francisco's hospitality industry King, Carlise, 2002 San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. (No longer accessible as of October 11, 2012). A study examining the links between parental employment schedules, care decisions, cost of child care and demographics amongst members in Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 2 of San Francisco and their children	Reports & Papers
			Research report: Early childhood care and education preferences among Latino families in Los Angeles Zucker, Eleanor, June, 2007 Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Improving Child Care Quality. A study of the child care and early education decisions of Latino families in Los Angeles, including perceptions of the availability of and barriers to child care and early education and family factors associated with these perceptions, based on open-ended, in-depth interviews with parents	Reports & Papers
			National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. 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	Reports & Papers
			Race/ethnicity and the start of child care: A multi-level analysis of factors influencing first child care experiences Fram, Maryah Stella, Q4 2008 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23(4), 575-590 A study of the initial type of care chosen and the age of first entry into child care in several ethnic groups	Reports & Papers
			Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004 (GAO-04-786). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office. A report by the Government Accountability Office to House Representative Sander M Levin regarding the regulation of child care health and safety requirements in states supported by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			Reasons for choosing child care: Associations with family factors, quality, and satisfaction Peyton, Vicki, 2001 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(4), 191-208 An investigation into the reasons mothers select particular care arrangements for their 3 year olds based on 633 mothers who were part of a larger longitudinal study	Reports & Papers
			The effects of welfare and employment policies on child care use by low-income young mothers Gassman-Pines, Anna, 2003 (Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 19). New York: MDRC. A study examining the welfare and employer child care policies on low income young mothers, using data from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS), Florida�s Family Transition Program (FTP) and the Minnesota�s Family Investment Program (MFIP)	Reports & Papers
			Welfare-to-work transitions for parents of infants: In-depth study of eight communities [Final report] United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2001 Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. A qualitative study of the relationship between various child care policies and the ability of low income parents of infants to meet the work or school requirements for receipt of public assistance, based on interviews with service providers and both teenage and adult parents receiving Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) from 8 purposively-selected communities across 6 states	Reports & Papers
			Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families Mitchell, Anne W., 1992 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families	Reports & Papers
			What do parents think about child care?: Findings from a series of focus groups National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. An exploration of parents? perceptions of child care, based on information gathered through a series of focus groups conducted by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) with 163 parents at 7 sites across the country	Reports & Papers
			Parents as child care consumers Cryer, Debby, 1997 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(1), 35-58 A study of how parental quality ratings of aspects of child care are influenced by parental values, a selection from a larger study, Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers	Reports & Papers
			Child care use by low-income families in rural areas: A contemporary look at the influence of women's work and partner availability Walker, Susan K., 2004 Journal of Children & Poverty, 10(2), 149-167 A descriptive analysis of child care patterns of 323 low-income women living in rural counties, in relation to women's employment status, partner availability, and child age	Reports & Papers
			Attitudes and practices of ECE providers in Santa Clara County: An initial exploration of providers in high-need regions Applied Survey Research, September, 2009 Watsonville, CA: Applied Survey Research. A study of the beliefs, attitudes, and practices of early care and education providers in Santa Clara County, California, based on a survey of 45 child care centers and 34 family child care homes	Reports & Papers
			Migrant and seasonal Head Start and child care partnerships: A report from the field Kloosterman, Valentina I., 2003 Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families. A study conducted by the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Collaboration Office and the Quality in Linking Together (QUILT) to determine the scope of collaborative efforts between Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and state-funded child care services	Reports & Papers
			Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) report to Congress: Submitted January 2003 United States. Child Care Bureau, 2003 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. A report providing various state and federal information regarding the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			A qualitative look at child care selection among rural welfare-to-work participants De Marco, Allison, September 2008 Journal of Children & Poverty, 14(2), 119-138 A study of the child care search and selection process of a convenience sample of 33 CalWORKS welfare-to-work participants in rural areas of Northern California	Reports & Papers
			Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2006 American Psychologist, 61(2), 99-116 A report of findings on the effect sizes for exclusive maternal care and, for children in child care, for type, quality, and quantity of care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development	Reports & Papers
			Child care Klerman, Jacob Alex, 2001 In Welfare reform in California: State and county implementation of CalWORKs in the second year (pp. 197-236). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. An examination of child care issues, including quality, staff training, availability, and cost, in the policy and legislative context of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA) and California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) welfare reform efforts, with an analysis of related state and county-level concerns	Reports & Papers

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