The use of child care center for infants of dual-working families in Korea

Ahn, Jaejin; Shin, Nary

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.06.004

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“…The results of this study show that there is no empirical evidence to indicate that early childcare center use and maternal employment during infancy have harmful effects on children's language development, although this result is not consistent with the general belief in Korean society that an infant should be cared for at home, preferably by the mother (Ahn & Shin, ; Suh et al., , ). This result may partly result from the improvements in childcare quality over the last decade.…”

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“…It is well known that infancy, which refers to the first 3 years of a child's life, is a critical period for children's development. Further, among the factors affecting the growth of children, primary caregivers principally responsible for caring for the child have the most important influence during these early years (Ahn & Shin, ). Based on this knowledge, there has been a strong preference for a mother's care, at least during infancy.…”

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The Effect of Infancy Childcare Center Use and Maternal Employment on Toddlers’ Language Development in South Korea

Ahn

Yoo

2016

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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Using first to fourth wave data of the Panel Study of Korean Children (PSKC), this study explores the effects of childcare center use, maternal employment, and other child and familial characteristics on the language development of toddlers in Korea. Among the 2078 families with children in the PSKC, those who completed the Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test at the fourth wave were selected, and a small number of disabled or prematurely born children were excluded. In addition, to clarify the effects of maternal employment, families with mothers who were either employed or unemployed for three consecutive years during the child's infancy were selected. Regression analysis showed that neither childcare center use nor maternal employment during infancy had significant effects on toddlers’ expressive and receptive vocabulary at the fourth wave. Family characteristics, such as household poverty and maternal education level, as well as child characteristics, such as gender and birth order, had significant effects on expressed vocabulary. However, only children's gender significantly affected the receptive vocabulary level of toddlers.

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The Effect of Infancy Childcare Center Use and Maternal Employment on Toddlers’ Language Development in South Korea

Ahn

Yoo

2016

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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“…Concerning this, some scientific enquiry of childcare initiatives in Korea has been published extensively (Ahn and Shin, 2013; Baek et al , 2011; Estévez-Abe and Kim, 2014; Zhang and Jean Yeung, 2012). Most studies mainly focus on the structural explanation that suggests that the demand for childcare development is driven by industrialization and demographic change (the decline of the fertility rate, delay of the first aged marriage and population ageing).…”

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Reappraisal of the political approach on East Asian welfare state development: the case of childcare expansion in South Korea

Yuda

2020

IJSSP

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PurposePolitical analyses of the East Asian welfare state development often stress the importance of the power resource model, in which vibrant coalitions between the leftist party, interest groups, civil society and working-class unions have become driving factors in producing generous welfare outcomes. Challenging such analyses, this article discusses the convergence of the political attitude between political actors who are increasingly homogeneous (supportive) when it comes to the universal welfare state notion by focussing on childcare in South Korea.Design/methodology/approachBy using desk review of the peer-reviewed literature and reports, this article investigates the causation for why political parties with different political ideologies were keen on extending childcare programs and its outcome in addressing the existing demographic problems in Korea.FindingsAlthough the collective movement, especially in the 1990s and 2000s, had given important contributions to the early development of childcare in South Korea, more breakthroughs in childcare features were precisely and rapidly developed after politicians from different spectrums of political affiliations converged in their supportive attitude of the universal welfare. The driving factors of political convergence itself are not merely due to electoral competition or political activism; furthermore, it can be linked to the increased global institution involvement in domestic policy with extensive permeability, which, have ruined domestic policy development maintained for ideological reasoning and bring in more popular policy setting.Originality/valueThis article contributes to the growing literature on the political aspect of East Asian social policy studies, which goes beyond the traditional power resource analysis and makes a novel contribution to the childcare policy studies.

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“…According to Jappens & Jan (2012), parents choose grandparents in caring for children because the care provided by grandparents is more affordable, comfortable, and reliable than other providers. According to Ahn & Nary (2013) states that the reason some parents who work full time choose a household assistant in parenting because it is not limited to operational hours such as daycare. While some parents consider daycare as an appropriate and trusted place to provide care and care for children.…”

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Early Childhood Moral Intelligence raised by Grandmother, Household Assistant, and Daycare Provider

Auliya

Sunarso

Pranoto

2020

Journal of Nonformal Education

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Children do not only need intelligence in the academic field but also in interacting with others in accordance with the prevailing moral norms in society. Intelligence is influenced by parenting. In Indonesia, parenting of working parents’ families is usually carried out by grandmothers, household assistants, and daycare providers. This study aims to analyze differences in the moral intelligence of children raised by grandmothers, household assistants, and daycare providers. A total of 208 children aged 5-6 years (106 boys and 102 girls) in the city of Semarang, who were willing and approved by parents, were involved in this study. The children’s moral intelligence score in this study was obtained through storytelling test techniques presented by the researcher verbally, considering that early childhood children cannot read fluently. Data analysis techniques used descriptive analysis and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the help of SPSS 20.0 for Windows. The results of this study differed from previous studies in that there is no difference in the moral intelligence of children aged 5-6 years in the city of Semarang that is raised by grandmothers, household assistants, and daycare providers. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that the roles of grandmothers, household assistants, and daycare providers are no different in fostering moral intelligence in early childhood. The level of moral intelligence of early childhood can also be influenced by the individual, age, social interaction, education, and the context of the situation. Discusses the moral intelligence of young children who are cared for by grandmothers, household assistants, and daycare providers

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The use of child care center for infants of dual-working families in Korea

Cited by 14 publications

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The Effect of Infancy Childcare Center Use and Maternal Employment on Toddlers’ Language Development in South Korea

The Effect of Infancy Childcare Center Use and Maternal Employment on Toddlers’ Language Development in South Korea

Reappraisal of the political approach on East Asian welfare state development: the case of childcare expansion in South Korea

Early Childhood Moral Intelligence raised by Grandmother, Household Assistant, and Daycare Provider

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