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1.	Leibowitz, Arleen A. Waite, Linda J. Witsberger, Christina
1.	Child Care for Preschoolers: Differences by Child's Age Demography 25,2 (May 1988): 205-220. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j472319256077641/ Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Child Care; Labor Force Participation; Preschool Children Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Because of the high rates of employment of mothers, a large and increasing number of preschool children receive regular care from someone else. This paper develops and tests hypotheses about choice of child care arrangements for younger and older preschool children using data from the Young Women's cohort. The authors argue that appropriate care depends on the age of the child. It includes both care by the mother and care by a paid provider in the child's home for children aged 0 to 2, and mother care and nursery school or center care for those 3 to 5. Models of the mother's employment and choice of child care are estimated separately for younger and older preschoolers. The results show that need for care, presence of substitutes for the mother, financial resources, and preferences all affect both full-time care by the mother and type of child care chosen by working women, although they affect these two decisions in different ways.
	Bibliography Citation Leibowitz, Arleen A., Linda J. Waite and Christina Witsberger. "Child Care for Preschoolers: Differences by Child's Age." Demography 25,2 (May 1988): 205-220.

2.	Waite, Linda J. Goldscheider, Frances Kobrin Witsberger, Christina
2.	Nonfamily Living and the Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among Young Adults American Sociological Review 51,4 (August 1986): 541-554. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2095586 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Family Structure; Gender Differences; Sex Roles Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Young adults in recent cohorts have been leaving the parental home earlier and marrying later now than they did several decades ago, resulting in an increased period of independent living. This paper explores the consequences of time spent in non-family living, using data from the NLS of Young Men and Young Women. The authors expected that experience in living away from home prior to marriage will cause young adults to change their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, and move them away from a traditional family orientation. They found strong support for this hypothesis for young women; those who lived independently became more likely to plan for employment, lowered their expected family size, became more accepting of employment of mothers, and more non- traditional on sex roles in the family than those who lived with their parents. Non-family living had much weaker effects on young men in the few tests that were performed for them. The paper also addresses the conditions under which living away increases individualism, and discusses the implications of these findings.
	Bibliography Citation Waite, Linda J., Frances Kobrin Goldscheider and Christina Witsberger. "Nonfamily Living and the Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among Young Adults." American Sociological Review 51,4 (August 1986): 541-554.

3.	Waite, Linda J. Leibowitz, Arleen A. Witsberger, Christina
3.	What Parents Pay For: Child Care Characteristics, Quality, and Costs Journal of Social Issues 47,2 (Summer 1991): 33-48. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1991.tb00286.x/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation Keyword(s): Child Care; Children; Preschool Children Although most children whose mothers work receive some non-parental care, this "child care" varies greatly in its features, especially quality. Child development researchers and practitioners have explored in detail the features of child care that provide the best environment for children. However, we know virtually nothing about which parents select "high-quality" care for their children, or which arrangements most often have the features associated with the best outcomes for children. This paper explores these issues, using data from the NLSY. We find that on several dimensions, care in a home--the child's own, a nonrelative's or a relative's--provides features linked to quality care. Our results show, however, that parents do not pay more for any of the features of child care associated in the child development literatures with high quality. Finally, we find that those families with the greatest access to relatives obtain the highest "quality" care. The implications of these results are discussed.
	Bibliography Citation Waite, Linda J., Arleen A. Leibowitz and Christina Witsberger. "What Parents Pay For: Child Care Characteristics, Quality, and Costs." Journal of Social Issues 47,2 (Summer 1991): 33-48.

4.	Waite, Linda J. Leibowitz, Arleen A. Witsberger, Christina
4.	What Parents Pay For: Quality of Child Care and Child Care Costs Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1988 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Child Care; Children; Preschool Children Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Although most children whose mothers work receive some non-parental care, this "child care" varies greatly in its features, especially quality. Child development researchers and practitioners have explored in detail the features of child care that provide the best environment for children. However, we know virtually nothing about which parents select "high-quality" care for their children, or which arrangements most often have the features associated with the best outcomes for children. This paper explores these issues, using data from the NLSY. We find that on several dimensions, care in a home--the child's own, a nonrelative's or a relative's--provides features linked to quality care. Our results show, however, that parents do not pay more for any of the features of child care associated in the child development literatures with high quality. Finally, we find that those families with the greatest access to relatives obtain the highest "quality" care. The implications o f these results are discussed.
	Bibliography Citation Waite, Linda J., Arleen A. Leibowitz and Christina Witsberger. "What Parents Pay For: Quality of Child Care and Child Care Costs." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1988.

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