Child Care Choices of Low-Income Working Families

Autor/inn/en	Chaudry, Ajay; Pedroza, Juan Manuel; Sandstrom, Heather; Danzinger, Anna; Grosz, Michel; Scott, Molly; Ting, Sarah
Institution	Urban Institute
Titel	Child Care Choices of Low-Income Working Families
Quelle	(2011), (212 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Low Income Groups; Child Care; Urban Areas; Qualitative Research; Parent Attitudes; Decision Making; Family Characteristics; Community Characteristics; At Risk Persons; Barriers; Immigrants; English Language Learners; Chronic Illness; Disabilities; Employment Level; Context Effect; Knowledge Level; Semi Structured Interviews; Young Children; Caregivers; Interpersonal Relationship; Caregiver Child Relationship; Social Networks; Rhode Island (Providence); Washington (Seattle) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Qualitative Forschung; Elternverhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Risikogruppe; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Handicap; Behinderung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Wissensbasis; Frühe Kindheit; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk
Abstract	This research study examines the factors involved in the child care choices of low-income working families in two urban communities. Applying qualitative research methods, this study explores how low-income parents' decisions are shaped, facilitated, or constrained by "family characteristics" as well as "contextual community factors", such as employment, child care supply, information about available child care and subsidies, and social networks. In addition to examining low-income families in low-resourced neighborhoods as a whole, this study focuses specifically on the factors that shape the decisions of families who, according to literature, likely face particular constraints in their child care choices. These families include "immigrant families", where at least one parent is foreign born; "English language learner (ELL) families", where at least one parent speaks English as a second language and lacks English fluency; and "families with children with health, development, or other special needs". This study focuses primarily on the process of parents' child care decisionmaking and builds on a growing body of research that has identified a range of personal and contextual factors that influence the type of child care that low-income families use. The study supports and adds to the extant research by going beyond the patterns of association between family characteristics and child care arrangements to describe the complexity of child care decisionmaking; the interplay between parental opportunities, preferences, and constraints; and the ultimate reasons parents select the type of care they do. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01