School readiness among low-income, Latino children attending family childcare versus centre-based care

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1465-1485

  Ansari, Arya ^a   Winsler, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childcare; Family childcare; Latino; Poverty; School readiness; Subsides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870287806     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2011.622755     Document Type: Article

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