Timing of high-quality child care and cognitive, language, and preacademic development

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1440-1451

  Li, Weilin ^a   Farkas, George ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^a   Burchinal, Margaret R ^a   Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care quality; Infant toddler; Preschool; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84881536944     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030613     Document Type: Article

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