Teasing apart the child care conundrum: A factorial survey analysis of perceptions of child care quality, fair market price and willingness to pay by low-income, African American parents

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-416

  Shlay, Anne B ^a   Tran, Henry ^a   Weinraub, Marsha ^a   Harmon, Michelle ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Factorial survey method; Low income families; Preferences; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644444402     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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