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Download full textRead, Malcolm; LaGrange, Annette – 1990
This study examines the characteristics and work environments of approved family day home providers in Alberta. Family day home agency coordinators from across Alberta completed questionnaires, as did approved providers who contracted with 12 agencies in central Alberta. Typical providers were married, had children, and had lived in their present…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care, Foreign Countries
LaGrange, Annette; Read, Malcolm – 1990
This study examines the characteristics and work environments of child care personnel employed by 80 day care centers throughout Alberta. Findings indicated that, on average, child care staff had higher levels of education than the general adult population in the province. Considerable mobility within the child care field was found. Staff with…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Pinn-Wainwright, Saundra – 1979
This 14th annual Child Welfare League (CWL) survey of salaries paid by child welfare and families and children's agencies to professional and administrative personnel provides the agencies with current information on salaries paid in various parts of the United States and Canada. A total of 213 questionnaires were sent out, and 190 responses were…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Professional Personnel
Vanier Inst. of the Family, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1997
This report is intended to increase awareness of the connections between two central spheres of social activity--work and family. Complementing the conventional analyses of the labor force in terms of economic sectors, educational requisites, age and income distribution, the report also presents an analysis of the family circumstances of the…
Descriptors: Family Caregivers, Family Characteristics, Family Financial Resources, Family Income
Doherty, Gillian – 1994
This report provides an overview of child care in rural areas of Ontario. Chapter 1 outlines the paper's purpose, defining "child care" and "rural." It discusses the nature of rural Ontario in the 1990s and the need for child care in rural areas. Also, implications for child care provision in a rural context are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Demography
Canadian Child Care Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1992
Between November 1990 and August 1992, a study examined wages and working conditions of child care staff in both licensed group centers and family day care homes in Canada. Three instruments were developed for the study, a short telephone interview for center directors, a follow-up director's questionnaire, and a staff questionnaire. The study…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Canadian Child Care Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1992
Between November 1990 and August 1992, a study examined wages and working conditions of child care staff in both licensed group centers and family day care homes in Canada. Three instruments were developed for the study, a short telephone interview for center directors, a follow-up director's questionnaire, and a staff questionnaire. The study…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Toronto Univ. (Ontario). Centre for Urban and Community Studies. – 1994
Drawing from existing data and a survey of each provincial or territorial child care office in Canada, this report provides a profile of child care services in each province and territory, and in the country as a whole. Each provincial profile includes information on: (1) relevant legislation; (2) the name and address of the provincial official…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Child Caregivers, Children, Community Role
