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ERIC Number: EJ916055
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1476-718X
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The Influence of Immigration Status on Early Childhood Education and Care Enrollment
Greenberg, Joy Pastan; Kahn, Jessica M.
Journal of Early Childhood Research, v9 n1 p20-35 Feb 2011
Early childhood education and care has become the norm for children in the United States and most European countries. In the United States, immigrant children, a growing demographic, are under-enrolled, particularly in formal settings. This research revealed that younger children of immigrant mothers were less likely to be in non-parental care, but immigrant status did not affect enrollment of three-five-year-old children when various parental and child characteristics were controlled. Socio-economic factors were more important predictors of early childhood education and care use than immigrant status in the older group, which suggests that policies aimed at increasing enrollment among immigrants must consider the primacy of these variables. (Contains 7 tables and 1 note.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Household Education Survey
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