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Title: Nonparental Child Care Environments: Differences in Preschool Cognitive Skills by Type of Care
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Studer, Marlena M. |
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Nonparental Child Care Environments: Differences in Preschool Cognitive Skills by Type of Care In: Sociological Studies of Child Development, Volume 5. P. Adler and P. Adler, eds. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1992 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: JAI Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Child Care; General Assessment; Maternal Employment; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) Amongst 274 NLSY preschool children currently using child care, this study finds that parental resources, maternal work patterns, and the type of child care arrangements account for significant variation in preschoolers' cognitive abilities. In a multivariate model, holding parental resources and maternal work patterns constant, family home care was found to be related to more favorable cognitive outcomes while in-home care was associated with less favorable cognitive outcomes as compared to center care. In addition, family income and moderate hours of maternal work (1 to 39 as compared to no work or 40 to 60 hours/week), were positively associated with preschoolers' language skills. |
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Studer, Marlena M. "Nonparental Child Care Environments: Differences in Preschool Cognitive Skills by Type of Care" In: Sociological Studies of Child Development, Volume 5. P. Adler and P. Adler, eds. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1992
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