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ERIC Number: EJ1211338
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-May-15
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
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Classifying Home-Based Child Care Providers: Validating a Typology of Providers' Beliefs and Self-Reported Practices
Hooper, Alison
Early Childhood Education Journal, v47 n3 p275-285 May 2019
Although home-based child care is a widely-used form of non-parental child care, relatively little is known about the home-based provider workforce and their beliefs and practices related to children and families. This study validates a previously identified typology of listed home-based child care providers (Hooper and Hallam, Early Child Res Q 47:194-205, 2019). The typology categorizes providers based on their beliefs and self-reported practices, rather than by licensing status or other structural characteristics. The current study uses exploratory and confirmatory latent profile analysis (LPA) to categorize a statewide sample of home-based child care providers (n = 234). Results of the confirmatory LPA suggest that the original typology identified in previous analysis of a nationally representative sample--Educationally Focused, Educationally Aware, and Caregiver profiles--fit the data well. However, an additional profile of Highly Engaged providers emerged in the exploratory analysis. Using the results of the profile analyses, I discuss implications for designing and implementing quality improvement supports for home-based child care providers to support them in providing high-quality child care.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 90YE0160