Child Well Being and Type of Care: Potential Implications Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation

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Working Paper Number: SEHSD-WP2009-10

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 8–11, 2009

Introduction

  • As more and more parents place their children into the care of relatives and child care providers it is becoming increasingly important to understand the relationship between child care and the well-being of children.
  • Little is known if selected social and educational outcomes vary by child care arrangement.
  • This poster is an exploratory analysis of the relationship between various child care arrangements and selected measures of child well-being.

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