An Exploratory Study of the Impacts of an Employer-Supported Child Care Program

Autor/inn/en	Morrissey, Taryn W.; Warner, Mildred E.
Titel	An Exploratory Study of the Impacts of an Employer-Supported Child Care Program
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26 (2011) 3, S.344-354 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.01.004
Schlagwörter	Employees; Preschool Children; Educational Vouchers; Child Care; Participant Satisfaction; Life Satisfaction; Individual Characteristics; Racial Differences; Age Differences; Minority Groups; After School Programs; Financial Support + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Lebensvollendung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Rassenunterschied; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ethnische Minderheit; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Finanzielle Förderung
Abstract	Although employer-sponsored child care programs have become more common, there is little empirical research on whether these programs affect employees' satisfaction with child care or their work-life balance, and if effects vary across employee characteristics. In this exploratory study, we administered a survey to employees with children at one large university to gather information on their child care arrangements and experience with their employer's child care voucher program (N = 776). Satisfaction with child care varied with employee and child care characteristics, but not with voucher receipt. Families with preschool children, White families, and those using paid home-based care were more satisfied with their child care arrangements than those with school-age children, minority families, and those using center-based or before/afterschool care. Nearly half of voucher recipients (47%) reported benefits in work-life balance as a result of the voucher. Although demand-side vouchers appear to be a promising employer approach to address child care challenges, these results suggest that attention must also be given to the structure of child care supply as satisfaction and work-family stress are affected by more factors than child care cost only. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10