Availability of child care in the United States: A description and analysis of data sources

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 299-316

  Gordon, Rachel A ^a   Chase Lansdale, P Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0035344275     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088307     Document Type: Article

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