Effects of Experimental Center‐Based Child Care on Developmental Outcomes of Young Children Living in Poverty
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Social Service Review
- Vol. 79 (1) , 158-180
- https://doi.org/10.1086/426721
Abstract
Using data from the Infant Health and Development Program, this research reports secondary analyses that examine the effects of center-based child care on children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes. It focuses on three specific questions: whether maternal employment affects children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes at the age of three, whether center-based child care contributes to children's positive outcomes, and whether maternal employment affects children's developmental outcomes differently for those who receive quality center-based care and those who do not. Findings suggest that quality center-based child-care services, and their interaction with maternal employment, enhance children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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