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			Working later in Illinois: Works schedules, incomes and parents’ access to child care Illinois Action for Children, 2007 Chicago: Illinois Action for Children. An examination of the reciprocal relationship between parents' work schedules and child care decisions, including a discussion of the role of family structure and income in parents' child care decisions, based on a subsample of more than 1,940 households in Illinois from the May 2004 Current Population Survey	Reports & Papers
			The mismatch between employment and child care in Italy: The impact of rationing Del Boca, Daniela, October 2007 Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 805-832 An examination of the child care system in Italy, with a focus on the disconnect between characteristics of care available under the current system and the characteristics of care required for full maternal participation in the Italian labor market, based on an analysis of employment and child care data using an econometric model of maternal child care decisions	Reports & Papers
			Children, caregiving, culture, and community: Understanding the place and importance of kith and kin care in the White Mountain Apache community Sparks, Shannon Michelle Anjeanette, 2007 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson An ethnographic study of the values and circumstances influencing the child care decisions of members of the White Mountain Apache community, with particular attention to both cultural differences in perceptions of quality care and the trends related to the use of family, friend, and neighbor care, based on interviews, observations, and discussions with several dozen parents and care providers	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
			The influence of race/ethnicity on disadvantaged mothers’ child care arrangements Radey, Melissa, Q3 2007 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(3), 379-393 An examination of the influence of race on the child-care choices of 1871 low-income working mothers participating in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study	Reports & Papers
			Immigrants families and childcare preferences: Do immigrants' cultures influence their childcare decisions? Obeng, Cecilia Sem, February 2007 Early Childhood Education Journal, 34(4), 259-264 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	Reports & Papers
			Public funding and enrollment in formal child care in the 1990s Magnuson, Katherine A., March 2007 Social Service Review, 81(1), 47-83 An analysis of the relation between public funding of child care and young children's child care attendance through the 1990s, using data from the 1999 October Current Population Survey	Reports & Papers
			Family and child factors related to the use of non-maternal infant care: An English study Sylva, Kathy, Q1 2007 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(1), 118-136 An examination of the extent to which the use of non-maternal child care are effected by family and child characteristics, including family income levels, parent education levels, and maternal employment	Reports & Papers
			Racial and ethnic differences in welfare leavers' child care preferences: A factorial survey analysis Shlay, Anne B., April 2007 Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative. A study of differences by race and ethnicity in welfare leavers' preference for various characteristics of child care settings, including the role of Pennsylvania's Quality Rating System in informing parents' child care choices	Reports & Papers
			The economic impact of the Nebraska early care and education industry Thompson, Eric, 2007 Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Bureau of Business Research. An analysis of the economic impact of the Nebraska child care and early education industry in terms of its employment and gross receipts, as well as its role in supporting other industries, attracting federal funding, and encouraging labor force participation	Reports & Papers
			The process of devolution: Perceptions from local boards: a product of the study of child care devolution in Texas Lein, Laura, October 2007 University of Texas at Austin, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources Results of a study of the local boards created to manage child care center quality improvement and distribute state child care subsides throughout Texas	Reports & Papers
			Access to subsidized child care in Monroe County, NY Pryor, Donald E., September 2007 Rochester, NY: Center for Governmental Research. A study of trends in the availability of and access to subsidized child care in Monroe County, New York, based on analyses of demographic and adminstrative data, parent focus groups and interviews, and a literature review	Reports & Papers
			Child care Quality Rating and Improvement System: Considerations for development in Washington State Washington (State). Department of Early Learning, September 2007 Olympia: Washington State, Department of Early Learning. A discussion of the development of the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) and the influence of licensing regulations on child care program quality in Washington state, with a focus on process quality, teacher compensation and teacher qualifications	Reports & Papers
			Child care in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand: FY 2006 (July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006) Illinois Action for Children, 2007 Chicago: Illinois Action for Children. An investigation into the child care options available to parents in Cook County, Illinois, with a focus on affordability, unfilled slots, and hours of care needed	Reports & Papers
			Working in child care in Indiana: 2007 special report on teachers and directors working in licensed child care centers & unlicensed registered child care ministries Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children, 2007 Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children. A study of the education, training, earnings, accreditation, professional support, experience, and turnover rate of teachers and directors working in licensed child care centers and unlicensed registered child care ministries in Indiana, based on a survey of 1,185 directors and 13,003 teachers	Reports & Papers
			Nonstandard schedules and young children's behavioral outcomes among working low-income families Joshi, Pamela, February 2007 Journal of Marriage and the Family, 69(1), 139-156 An examination of how mothers' nonstandard night, weekend, or rotating work schedules affect their preschool children's behavior	Reports & Papers
			National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report United States. Administration for Children and Families, September 2007 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. 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	Reports & Papers
			Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating system for Indiana: What is its scientific basis? Elicker, James, October 23, 2007 West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families. An analysis of the validity of the quality standards used in Paths to QUALITY, Indiana's child care quality rating system, based on results from pilot sites and a review of research literature related to quality indicators in the standards	Reports & Papers
			National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Care in the home: A description of family child care and the experiences of the families and children that use it: Final report United States. Administration for Children and Families, August, 2007 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. Findings from the two-and-a-half-year In-Depth Study of Family Child Care, a component of the National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families, focusing on parents and their employment and child care experience, family child care providers and their homes as child care environments, and children and their experiences in family child care	Reports & Papers
			For-profit/nonprofit differences in center-based child care quality: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development Laura Stout, Sosinsky, September-December 2007 Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 28(5-6), 390-410 A quantitative comparison of child care center quality in the for profit and nonprofit sectors, and in the independent, chain, religious, and non-religious subsectors, using data from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD)	Reports & Papers
			The Palm Beach County Family Study: Second annual report Spielberger, Julie, 2007 Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children. Findings from the second year of an eight-year longitudinal study of service usage and child and family outcomes related to the comprehensive system of early intervention and prevention services for low income families developed by the Children's Services Council (CSC) of Palm Beach County, Florida, based on administrative data on family characteristics and service use, structured interviews with a sample of parents, and qualitative in-depth interviews with a subsample of parents	Reports & Papers
			The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families Matthews, Hannah, May 2007 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits	Reports & Papers

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