Stability and sequence of center-based and family childcare: Links with low-income children's school readiness

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 358-366

  Ansari, Arya ^a   Winsler, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Poverty; School readiness; Sequence; Stability; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871947873     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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