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ERIC Number: EJ600568
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1054-8289
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Child Indicators: Children in Self-Care.
Kerrebrock, Nancy; Lewit, Eugene M.
Future of Children, v9 n2 p151-60 Fall 1999
Reviews data on children in self-care, children between the ages of 5 and 14 who are alone at home after school. The best available national surveys indicate that at least 12% of children from kindergarten through middle school experience self-care on a regular basis, with the percentage much lower among younger children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Educational Indicators, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, National Surveys, School Age Day Care
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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