Cost and Quality Factors in Parents' Choice of After-School Child Care.

Widdows, Richard; Powell, Douglas R.

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ERIC Number: EJ417796

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Publication Date: 1990

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Cost and Quality Factors in Parents' Choice of After-School Child Care.

Widdows, Richard; Powell, Douglas R.

Journal of Consumer Affairs, v24 n2 p381-91 Win 1990

A model of the relationship between cost and quality aspects of the demand for after-school child care was field tested with a sample of 41 midwestern parents. Results showed that 63 percent ranked quality factors before cost in choice of child care. The time involved in information seeking was relatively short. (JOW)

Descriptors: After School Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Information Seeking, Parents, School Age Day Care

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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