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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
			A typology of approaches to child care: The centerpiece of organizing family life for dual-earner couples Hertz, Rosanna, 1997 Journal of Family Issues, 18(4), 355-385 A study evaluating qualitative data from interviews with working class, middle class, and upper class dual-earner couples regarding their child care decisions	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
			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
			Low-income families' selection of child care for their young children Tang, Sandra, October, 2012 Children and Youth Services Review, 34(10), 2002-2011 An assessment of the relationship between child care type experienced by low income urban preschoolers and child characteristics, mother characteristics, city of residence, mother's psychological resources, and child care preferences, based on data from 802 children drawn from the first and second waves of the Three-City Study, a longitudinal, multi-method analysis of the well-being of low income children and families in Boston, San Antonio, and Chicago following welfare reform	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
			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
			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
			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
			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 who use it: Wave 1 report United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. Findings from the first wave of data collection for the 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
			Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies Adams, Gina, 2006 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents	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
			The dynamics of child care subsidy use: A collaborative study of five states Meyers, Marcia K., July, 2002 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty. A study of characteristics of child care subsidy use in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas from July 1997 to June 1999, including examinations of services received, continuity, duration, and stability, based on administrative data collected from state subsidy payment systems	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
			Keeping the promise: A study of the Massachusetts child care voucher system: Final report Washington, Valora, 14 February, 2006 Boston: Bessie Tartt Wilson Children's Foundation. (No longer accessible as of October 15, 2012). A multimethod study of the impacts of the Massachusetts child care voucher system on children, families, and child care providers, based on in-depth interviews with mothers, child care center directors, and family child care providers; surveys of child care resource and referral agency staff, and families; and tracking the flow of vouchers through child care centers over a 12 month period	Reports & Papers
			Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Pilot Program evaluation Massachusetts. Department of Early Education and Care, December 2008 Boston: Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care. An exploration of programs� use of state funding for quality improvement, the perceptions of service providers on their improvements in program quality, and the identification of areas that need more support by the Massachusetts Universal Pre-kindergarten program, an initiative to provide all of the state�s children with access to high-quality early education programs	Reports & Papers
			Maternal nonstandard work schedules and child cognitive outcomes Han, Wen-Jui, 2005 Child Development, 76(1), 137-154 A study to determine whether maternal work schedules have an effect on children's cognitive outcomes, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC)	Reports & Papers

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