Child Care in the United States Today

Future of Children

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 41-61

  Hofferth, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; COST; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030155016     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602418     Document Type: Article

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