EJ483925 PS521850
Title: Day-Care Participation as a Protective Factor in the Cognitive
Development of Low-Income Children.Author(s): Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; And Others
Source: Child Development, v65 n2 Apr p457-71 1994
Publication Date: 1994
Notes: Special issue on: "Children and Poverty."
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1994
Examined the
impact of day-care participation during the first 3 years of life
on the cognitive functioning of 867 school age children who participated
in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Found that children
from impoverished homes who started day care before age one had
higher reading scores than children from similar homes who did not
attend day care. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences; *Children; Cognitive Development;
*Day Care; *Day Care Effects; Early Childhood Education; *Family
Environment; Longitudinal Studies; National Surveys; *Poverty; *Reading
Achievement
Identifiers: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
