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EJ525350 SP525116
Title: Rich Culture, Poor Markets: Why Do Latino Parents Forgo Preschooling?Author(s): Fuller, Bruce; And Others
Source: Teachers College Record, v97 n3 p400-18 Spr 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0161-4681
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1996
Examines conditions
that influence Latino families' decision making regarding choices
of preschool child care, investigating why they forgo preschooling
and summarizing low-income Latina mothers' views. The study found
that though there were factors common to all ethnic groups, there
was also a relationship between Latino parenting practices and nonselection
of preschool. (SM)
Descriptors: Blacks; *Child Rearing; Cultural Differences; Day Care;
Decision Making; Family Characteristics; *Family Structure; *Hispanic
Americans; Mother Attitudes; *Parent Role; Parents; *Preschool Education;
School Choice; Whites
Identifiers: African Americans; Latinas
