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EJ537047 UD519807
Title: Child Care Cost and Quality.Author(s): Helburn, Suzanne W.; Howes, Carollee
Source: Future of Children, v6 n2 p62-82 Sum-Fall 1996
Publication Date: 1996
Notes: Theme issue titled "Financing Child Care."
ISSN: 1054-8289
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1997
Current knowledge
about the cost and quality of full-time child care in centers and
family care homes is summarized, with a discussion of parental attention
to quality in making child care decisions. Data from two recent
national studies suggest that quality is only modestly related to
cost. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness; *Costs; *Day Care; Day Care Centers;
Day Care Effects; *Decision Making; Educational Quality; Family
Programs; National Surveys; *Parents; *Quality Control
