Socioeconomic and Attitudinal Differences between Service Users of Private and Public Early Childhood Education and Care in the Finnish Context

Autor/inn/en	Ruutiainen, Ville; Räikkönen, Eija; Alasuutari, Maarit
Titel	Socioeconomic and Attitudinal Differences between Service Users of Private and Public Early Childhood Education and Care in the Finnish Context
Quelle	In: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 17 (2023), Artikel 16 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ruutiainen, Ville) ORCID (Räikkönen, Eija) ORCID (Alasuutari, Maarit)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1976-5681
DOI	10.1186/s40723-023-00119-2
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Social Differences; Parent Attitudes; Public Schools; Private Schools; Early Childhood Education; Child Care; Foreign Countries; Decision Making; Family Characteristics; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sozialer Unterschied; Elternverhalten; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Ausland; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Finnland
Abstract	The marketisation and privatisation of welfare services such as early childhood education and care (ECEC) have been a global trend in recent decades. Earlier research suggests that market-based ECEC provision often leads to inequalities and stratification of service users. In Finland, as in other Nordic countries where provision of ECEC has traditionally been a public responsibility, ECEC services have also been undergoing marketisation and privatisation. Until now, especially in Finland, little has been known about service users of public and private ECEC or parental decisions between public and private ECEC. This study addresses that gap by showing that the clientele of private and public ECEC differ in their socioeconomic attitudinal characteristics. It appears that the combination of marketisation and privatisation of ECEC extends processes of educational and social distinction into the early childhood. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01