Child care for children in poverty: Opportunity or inequality?

Description:

A study of child care quality in child care centers serving children from low-income families, its relationship to type of center-based programming, and its comparability to child care quality in centers serving upper- and middle-income families, based on data from the nationally representative Profile of Child Care Settings study and the National Child Care Staffing Study, which collected observational data on child care quality in 227 child care centers in five cities

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Phillips Deborah A.; Voran Miriam; Kisker Ellen Eliason; Howes Carollee; Whitebook Marcy

Publisher(s):

Society for Research in Child Development

Funder(s):

A. L. Mailman Family Foundation; Foundation for Child Development; Smith Richardson Foundation; Ford Foundation; Spunk Fund, Inc.; Carnegie Corporation of New York; United States. Department of Education

Country:

United States

State(s):

Arizona; Georgia; Massachusetts; Michigan; Washington

Date Issued:

1991

Source:

Child Development, 65(1), 472?92

Journal Title:

Child Development

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

472-492

Note:

This resource uses data from the National Child Care Staffing Study

Topics:

4. Child Care & Early Education Providers/Organizations > 4.1. Provider Type/Setting > 4.1.1. Center-Based Child Care & Early Education

11. Child Care & Early Education Quality

1. Children & Child Development > 1.1. Child Characteristics > 1.1.4. Socioeconomic Status

ISSN:

0009-3920

Paper

1467-8624

Online

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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