Low-income families' selection of child care for their young children

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2002-2011

  Tang, Sandra ^a   Coley, Rebekah Levine ^a   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early child care; Low income families; Maternal employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865111817     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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