Selecting a child care center: What really matters to parents?

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 299-322

  Leslie, Leigh A ^a   Ettenson, Richard ^b   Cumsille, Patricio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Parental decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749091111     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016609927849     Document Type: Article

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