Parent involvement in child care settings: Conceptual and measurement issues

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 521-538

  Zellman, Gail L ^a   Perlman, Michal ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child care; Measurement; Parent involvement; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149159724     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500147490     Document Type: Article

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