Profiles of choice: Parents' patterns of priority in child care decision-making

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-91

  Kim, Jinseok ^a   Fram, Maryah Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care choice; Latent class analysis; National Household Education Survey; Person oriented analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349112239     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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