Child Care in Poor Communities: Early Learning Effects of Type, Quality, and Stability

Young children in poor communities are spending more hours in nonparental care because of policy reforms and expansion of early childhood programs. Studies show positive effects of high-quality center-based care on children's cognitive growth. Yet, little is known about the effects of center ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child development 2004-01, Vol.75 (1), p.47-65
Hauptverfasser:	Loeb, Susanna, Fuller, Bruce, Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Carrol, Bidemi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Behavioural problems Biological and medical sciences Caregivers Child Child Behavior Disorders - etiology Child Behavior Disorders - psychology Child Care Child Caregivers Child Day Care Centers Child development Child protection Child welfare Child, Preschool Children Cognition Disorders - etiology Cognition Disorders - psychology Cognitive Development Cognitive models Communities Developmental psychology Early Childhood Education Early Intervention (Education) Economically Disadvantaged Empirical Articles Family studies Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Homes Humans Infant Learning Low income groups Male Maternal Behavior Mother-Child Relations Mothers Mothers - education Personality Assessment Poor families Poverty Poverty - psychology Preschool children Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology School readiness Social Adjustment Social Development Social Environment Social issues Socialization USA Vocational Education Women, Working - psychology Young Children
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Zusammenfassung:	Young children in poor communities are spending more hours in nonparental care because of policy reforms and expansion of early childhood programs. Studies show positive effects of high-quality center-based care on children's cognitive growth. Yet, little is known about the effects of center care typically available in poor communities or the effects of home-based care. Using a sample of children who were between 12 and 42 months when their mothers entered welfare-to-work programs, this paper finds positive cognitive effects for children in center care. Children also display stronger cognitive growth when caregivers are more sensitive and responsive, and stronger social development when providers have education beyond high school. Children in family child care homes show more behavioral problems but no cognitive differences.
ISSN:	0009-3920 1467-8624
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00653.x