Family factors in child care research

Evaluation Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 631-655

  Hungerford, Anne ^a   Cox, Martha J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Parenting; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748520914     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06291532     Document Type: Article

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