The impact of maternal education on children's enrollment in early childhood education and care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1049-1057

  Greenberg, Joy Pastan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Infant and toddler care; Maternal education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955758753     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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