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Download full textHelburn, Suzanne W., Ed. – 1995
Conducted at a time when increasing numbers of the nation's young children are in child care and when the American public is concerned about children's readiness for school, the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes Study provides the first comprehensive econometric and psychometric analysis of child care and children's outcomes. The study was…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Costs, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects
Peer reviewedHelburn, Suzanne W.; Howes, Carollee – Future of Children, 1996
Current knowledge about the cost and quality of full-time child care in centers and family care homes is summarized, with a discussion of parental attention to quality in making child care decisions. Data from two recent national studies suggest that quality is only modestly related to cost. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Day Care, Day Care Centers
