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EJ489929 PS522320
Title: The Ecology of Family Day Care.Author(s): Kontos, Susan
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v9 n1 p87-110 Mar 1994
Publication Date: 1994
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1995
Examined interrelationships
of family, child care, and children in the family day-care system
to portray the ecology of family day care. Found that families did
not choose caregivers who resembled themselves in terms of socioeconomic
status, childrearing preferences, and stress. Family day-care quality
was associated with conditions of
caregiving but not with caregiver characteristics. (HTH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria; *Family Day Care; Parent Attitudes
Identifiers: Caregiver Behavior; *Caregiver Evaluation; Program
Quality
