Child Care Decision Making: Understanding Priorities and Processes Used by Low-Income Families in Minnesota

Autor/inn/en	Forry, Nicole; Isner, Tabitha K.; Daneri, Maria P.; Tout, Kathryn
Titel	Child Care Decision Making: Understanding Priorities and Processes Used by Low-Income Families in Minnesota
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 25 (2014) 7, S.995-1015 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2014.893758
Schlagwörter	Child Care; Decision Making; Parents; Low Income Groups; Access to Information; Information Sources; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Attitudes; Predictor Variables; Satisfaction; Interviews; Time; Costs; Educational Quality; Factor Analysis; Child Care Centers; Preschool Education; Kindergarten; Early Intervention; Financial Support; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Eltern; Information source; Informationsquelle; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Elternverhalten; Prädiktor; Zufriedenheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Zeit; Cost; Kosten; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Faktorenanalyse; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Finanzielle Förderung
Abstract	Research Findings: Few studies have described parents' child care decision-making process, yet understanding how parents make child care choices is fundamental to developing effective services to promote the selection of high-quality care. This study used latent profile analysis to distinguish subgroups of low-income parents identified as having commonalities in the number of options, duration, and sources of information sought as part of their child care decision-making process. Study participants included 260 parents who participated in the baseline wave of the Minnesota Child Care Choices study, a longitudinal phone survey of welfare applicants. Two subgroups of parents were identified. The majority of parents (82%) made choices within 2 weeks and considered on average 2 arrangements. Fewer than half of these parents considered information from experts, public lists, or family members/friends when making a child care choice. The remaining 18% of the sample took on average 11 weeks to make a child care choice, considered on average 3 options, and relied more heavily on information from experts and family members/friends. Practice or Policy: Findings from this study have implications for the marketing of resource and referral counseling services, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems, and consumer education aimed at facilitating the selection of high-quality care. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10