Quality of Care at School-Aged Child-Care Programs: Regulatable Features, Observed Experiences, Child Perspectives, and Parent Perspectives

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2434-2445

  Rosenthal, Robert ^a   Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONSUMER; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030253370     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01866.x     Document Type: Article

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