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ERIC Number: EJ537047
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1054-8289
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Child Care Cost and Quality.
Helburn, Suzanne W.; Howes, Carollee
Future of Children, v6 n2 p62-82 Sum-Fall 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, Day Care Effects, Decision Making, Educational Quality, Family Programs, National Surveys, Parents, Quality Control
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue titled "Financing Child Care."