Choice and childcare: A survey of parental perceptions and views

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-63

  Long, Peter ^a   Wilson, Pauline ^a   Kutnick, Peter ^a   Telford, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007199006     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961190105     Document Type: Article

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