The work-family support roles of child care providers across settings

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-288

  Bromer, Juliet ^a   Henly, Julia R ^b  

^a ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child care providers; Family support; Low income working families; Provider parent relationships; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349758477     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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