Taking advantage of early childhood education and care: the priorities of low-income families in their children’s early years

Skattebol, Jennifer

doi:10.1332/204674315x14281323075723

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“…Similar to previous studies, the access of ECE was still significantly tied to children's socio-economic background (Bridges, Fuller, Rumberger, & Tran, 2004). Despite the fact that the overall participation rate was still below the government's official target, students from higher social status backgrounds had a significantly higher enrollment percentage than their peers from less privileged communities (Mitchell & Meagher-Lundberg, 2017;Skattebol, 2016). A previous `study found that ECE participation in formal or nonformal institutions was vary considerably by region and wealth in which the rate for the richest is almost four times higher than the poorest (National Development Planning Agency, 2013).…”

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confidence: 93%

The Privilege of Attending Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Senza¹,

Sikatan²,

Martak³

2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Early Childhood Education and Parenting 2019 (ECEP 2019)

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A growing body of evidence has found that Early Childhood Education (ECE) gives longer-term beneficial effects on a student's cognitive ability. Unfortunately, in developing countries, and especially other low-resource environments, too few children have the privilege to attend ECE. Using INOVASI's 1 large-scale longitudinal datasets, this study presents the inequality issue of ECE participation and its effect on students' learning outcomes in Indonesia. The findings suggest that participation rates in ECE are significantly higher in more developed provinces in Indonesia. ECE is mainly dominated by students from higher socio-economic backgrounds, and those with more well-educated and engaged parents. ECE participation rates also have an impact on student learning achievement, with children participating in ECE having substantially better outcomes compared to their counterparts. Furthermore, students who did not enroll in ECE may lose almost two years of learning. The evidence puts forth in this paper suggests that the Indonesian government needs to improve access to ECE and its quality particularly for less advantaged children in remote areas. Inattention to this issue will only produce wider inequality in education and learning outcomes.

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confidence: 93%

The Privilege of Attending Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Senza¹,

Sikatan²,

Martak³

2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Early Childhood Education and Parenting 2019 (ECEP 2019)

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“…Cependant, toutes les études portant sur leurs préférences sont rétrospectives, c'est-à-dire qu'elles sont effectuées après que les choix de modes de garde aient été faits (Binet et al, 2003;Fenech & Skattebol, 2019;Grace et al, 2014;E. Greenberg, 2016;Herman, 2017;Holloway, 1998;Jessen et al, 2020Jessen et al, , 2020Johnson et al, 2017;Kahn & Greenberg, 2010;Marshall et al, 2013;Rönkä et al, 2017;Sandstrom & Chaudry, 2012;Skattebol, 2016;Wolf et al, 2020). À ce titre, il n'est pas surprenant qu'un certain nombre de parents gardant leur enfant à la maison déclarent préférer ce mode de garde, mais ces préférences sont difficilement interprétables.…”

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“…Cependant, lorsque les barrières économiques sont étudiées par le biais de questionnaires ou d'entretiens avec les familles, et donc par le biais de leur point de vue subjectif, celles-ci rapportent systématiquement le coût des modes d'accueil comme étant un frein (6 articles) (Grace et al, 2014;E. Greenberg, 2016;Jessen et al, 2020;Marshall et al, 2013;Sandstrom & Chaudry, 2012;Skattebol, 2016). Binet (2004) rapporte en outre que les parents défavorisés se représentent les modes d'accueil formels comme financièrement inabordables du fait d'un manque d'information sur les subventions disponibles.…”

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Barriers to accessing formal childcare services for underprivileged populations: a cognitive approach

Carbuccia¹

2021

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While formal childcare facilities or ECEC (i.e., mainly daycare centers and childminders) are very effective levers for reducing developmental inequalities present in early childhood, these facilities are themselves marked by strong inequalities in access. The reasons for the under-representation of disadvantaged families have already been studied, but not in a systematic way. The review work presented in this thesis made it possible to 1) construct an integrative model of barriers to access to formal childcare for these populations and 2) evaluate this model through a PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. socio-structural barriers are the only ones targeted by current public policies. However, our review shows that psychological barriers, which have never been theorized before, are at least as important as these socio-structural barriers. New public policies should be created to act on psychological barriers, otherwise, the effectiveness of structural reforms could be severely limited.

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“…Poverty and the associated experience of food insecurity has been found to limit educational engagement initiating a double disadvantage for those living in financially-stressed families. Food insecurity is associated with children disengaging with the school system (Duke, 2020;Rebecca Ramsey, Giskes, Turrell, & Gallegos, 2011) and lower uptake of ECE programs (Fenech & Skattebol, 2019;Leske, Sarmardin, Woods, & Thorpe, 2015;Skattebol, 2016;. Additionally, children from families living in poverty and therefore at greater risk of experiencing food insecurity, have lower rates of attendance (Early Childhood Australia, 2019) when enrolled in an ECE program.…”

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A Market in Mealtimes: Social and Economic Factors Associated With Meal Provision in Early Care and Education (ECE) Services

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Across developed economies attendance at an early care and education program is now almost universal. In this study, we asked whether early childhood education and care services are realising their potential to support child nutrition, particularly for those living in communities at high risk of food insecurity. We utilised public administrative data (2018)(2019)(2020) to examine associations between meal provision in Early Care and Education services, service fee structure, community-level socioeconomic disadvantage, market competition and child development outcomes (derived from the Australian Early Development Census).The study included administrative data from Early Care and Education services located, across remote, regional and metropolitan locations in Queensland, Australia.We found that services in the most disadvantaged areas were less likely to provide food and more likely to have lower fees. Higher market competition, occurring in metropolitan areas, was associated with increased likelihood of meal provision in disadvantaged communities, yet in these disadvantaged communities, parent ability to pay constrains fees. This raises important questions about decisions that offset cost. Is food quality poorer? Is the general quality of service provision affected?There was little association between meal provision and rates of children's developmental vulnerability in the community, however, provision of breakfast was associated with higher levels of developmental problems suggesting that breakfast provision is a response to disadvantage in the small number of services where breakfast is provided.We conclude that the competitive market works contrary to the potential for Early Care and Education services to promote public health and support child nutrition. Children living in disadvantaged communities, where food insecurity is inevitably higher, are least likely to have meals provided by their service. Whilst market competition increases the likelihood of meal provision in disadvantaged communities, investigation of food quality in this context is required. Against a background of pressure to constrain fees in communities under economic stress, a question then arises about how budgets are managed. The findings indicate the need for systemic change to enable high quality food provision in Early Care and Education services located in communities at high risk of food insecurity.

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Taking advantage of early childhood education and care: the priorities of low-income families in their children’s early years

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

The Privilege of Attending Early Childhood Education (ECE)

The Privilege of Attending Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Barriers to accessing formal childcare services for underprivileged populations: a cognitive approach

A Market in Mealtimes: Social and Economic Factors Associated With Meal Provision in Early Care and Education (ECE) Services

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