A comparative study of structural and process quality in center-based and family-based child care services

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-150

  Bigras, Nathalie ^a   Bouchard, Caroline ^a   Cantin, Gilles ^a   Brunson, Liesette ^a   Coutu, Sylvain ^b   Lemay, Lise ^a   Tremblay, Mélissa ^a   Japel, Christa ^a   Charron, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Center based child care; Family based child care; Infant; Process quality; Structural quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953322086     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-009-9088-4     Document Type: Article

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