“…Context-related features of families, such as unsteady income and low levels of maternal education (Duncan, Brooks-Gunn, & Klebanov, 1994), may limit access to stable child care. Child-specific variables that have been shown to account for differential associations of child care changes include child gender (Youngblade, 2003) and child temperament (De Schipper et al, 2004). For example, children's behaviors in the child care setting may themselves act as an impetus for a change in care, and a growing literature examines expulsion from child care settings (e.g., Gilliam, 2005).…”