How Do Mothers Choose Child Care? Alternative Cultural Models in Poor Neighborhoods.

Fuller, Bruce; And Others

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Publication Date: 1996

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How Do Mothers Choose Child Care? Alternative Cultural Models in Poor Neighborhoods.

Fuller, Bruce; And Others

Sociology of Education, v69 n2 p83-104 Apr 1996

Examines the socioeconomic, cultural, and familial factors that influenced 14 working-poor mothers' decisions regarding child care. Summarizes the paths the women followed over a three-year period, including sources that informed their choice of child care, reactions to their care providers, and reasons for withdrawing from the arrangements. (MJP)

Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Higher Education, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Socioeconomic Influences, Urban Environment, Working Poor

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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