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ERIC Number: EJ359876
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Major Social and Demographic Trends Affecting Young Families: Implications for Early Childhood Care and Education.
Halpern, Robert
Young Children, v42 n6 p34-40 Sep 1987
Reviews research on three major social and demographic trends affecting young children and their families: growth in poverty and the changing characteristics of poverty; shifts in social resource allocations; and growing perceived "costs" of childrearing. Discusses the implications these trends have for provisions of early childhood care and education. (BB)
Descriptors: Day Care, Demography, Early Childhood Education, Family Status, Literature Reviews, Low Income, Role of Education, Sociocultural Patterns, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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