The ups and downs of child care: Variations in child care quality and exposure across the early years

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-574

  Hynes, Kathryn ^a   Habasevich Brooks, Tara ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care quality; Longitudinal methods; Within child variation; Work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649100819     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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