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EJ554323 PS527004
Title: Children's Experiences in Family Child Care and Relative Care as a Function of Family Income and Ethnicity.Author(s): Kontos, Susan; Howes, Carollee; Shinn, Marybeth; Galinsky, Ellen
Source: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v43 n3 p386-403 Jul 1997
Publication Date: 1997
Notes: Invitational Issue on: "Child-Care Research in the 1990s: Child Care as Context and in Context."
ISSN: 0272-930X
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1998
Observed provider
behavior, children's activities, and child care environment for
correlations concerning the effect of ethnicity and income on children's
experiences. Found that the majority of very low income children
were in child care of inadequate quality. Latino preferences for
relative care versus child care were supported. No interaction of
income and ethnicity was found. (MT)
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship; *Day Care; Ethnicity;
*Family Caregivers; *Family Day Care; Hispanic Americans; *Preschool
Children; *Socioeconomic Influences
Identifiers: *Day Care Quality; Day Care Selection
