National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of Child Care Use Among Low-Income Families: Final Report
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Title Page
Exhibits
Introduction
Study Reports
Contents of this Report
Chapter One: The Community Survey
Selection of the 25 Study Communities
Selecting Families for the Community Survey
The Screening Questionnaire and the Survey
Chapter Two: Who Cares for Children in Low-Income Families?
Summary of Findings
Analytic Considerations
Child Care Arrangements by Age of Child
Ethnicity, Number of Children, and Use of Non-Parental Care in Low-Income Families
Chapter Three: Characteristics of Low-Income Families that Use Non-Parental Care
Summary of Findings
Demographic Characteristics
Household Income and Parental Employment
Mother’s Employment, Earnings, and Job Benefits
Spouse’s or Partner’s Employment
Work Schedules, Use of Non-Parental Care in General, and Use of Child Care Centers in Particular
Chapter Four: Non-Parental Child Care Among Low-Income Households
Summary of Findings
Non-Parental Child Care Arrangements
The Cost of Care
Choice of Child Care Arrangements
The Role of Subsidies
Chapter Five: Determinants of Child Care Modal Choice
Subsidy Receipt and Child Care Modal Chance
Summary of Findings
Use of Relative versus Non-Relative Care by Low-Income Families
In-Home versus Out-Of-Home Care by a Non-Relative
Family Child Care versus Center Care
Relative versus Non-Relative Child Care
Determinants of Use of In-home versus Out-of-home Non-Relative Child Care
Determinants of Use of Non-Relative Family Child Care versus Center care
Chapter Six: Child Care Subsidy Application and Receipt
Determinants of Subsidy Application
Determinants of Subsidy Receipt
Discussion
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
