Parental child care selection criteria and program quality in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan communities

Description:

A study comparing the child care selection criteria between mothers and fathers and between urban and rural parents, examining the ordering of parents? chosen selection criteria, and then comparing the parents? selection criteria with trained observers? assessments of the quality of care received by the parents? children

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Ispa Jean M.; Thornburg Kathy R.; Venter-Barkley Janet

Publisher(s):

University of Maine. College of Education and Human Development

Funder(s):

University of Missouri--Columbia. Agricultural Experiment Station

Country:

United States

State(s):

Missouri

Date Issued:

1998

Journal Title:

Journal of Research in Rural Education

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

3-14

Journal Notes:

Retrieved March 8, 2006, from http://www.acclaim-math.org/docs/jrre_archives/v14,n1,p3-14,Ispa.pdf

Topics:

2. Parents & Families > 2.5. Parent/Family Characteristics > 2.5.7. Urban/Suburban/Rural

2. Parents & Families > 2.5. Parent/Family Characteristics > 2.5.2. Gender

2. Parents & Families > 2.1. Selection Of Child Care & Early Education Arrangements

ISSN:

1062-4228

Paper

1551-0670

Electronic

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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