Why and How Working Women Choose Child Care: A Review with a Focus on Infancy

Pungello, Elizabeth P.; Kurtz‐Costes, Beth

doi:10.1006/drev.1998.0468

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“…The attendance rates for children aged under three years subsequently increased from 12 to 28 % between (Statistisches Bundesamt, 2012. We have summarized the main differences in the day-care context between East and West Germany in Table 1. <Table 1 about here> A number of studies have suggested that the child's age is an important factor in mothers' workcare choices (for a review see e.g., Pungello & Kurtz-Costes, 1999). Mothers may attach greater importance to educational stimulation in day-care centers for older children, whereas they may prefer home-like settings for younger children (Johansen et al, 1996).…”

Section: Institutional Moderators: Day-care Availability and Work-carmentioning

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Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment: Evidence from East and West Germany

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2014

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in districts with smaller day-care groups were more likely to be employed and to extend their work hours. InWest Germany, the negative association of child-teacher-ratios with maternal employment was marginally significant. For mothers with older children, day-care quality was unrelated to employment.

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Section: Institutional Moderators: Day-care Availability and Work-carmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment: Evidence from East and West Germany

Schober

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2014

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“…According to Barnes et al (2006) parents' explanation of their choices of childcare is largely based on hindsight. Several studies have suggested that mothers' 'ideal' childcare choices may change in line with what actually happens (Layard and Dunn, 2009;Leach, 2009;Leach et al, 2006;Pungello and Kurtz-Costes, 1999). Uttal (1996) investigated the views of 31 employed mothers and identified three main interpretations of childcare:…”

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Do mothers want professional carers to love their babies?

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Journal of Early Childhood Research

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This article reports an aspect of a life historical study which investigated the part that 'love' played in mothers' decision-making about returning to work and placing their babies in day care. The article begins with a brief discussion of the context, including 21st-century policies in England to encourage mothers to return to the workforce (DfES, 2004; HMT, 2009). This is followed by a critical overview of relevant literature exploring three key themes: an historical view of women in the workforce, Attachment Theory, and theorizing 'love' and 'care'. The life-historical methodology is discussed and justified and seven key themes are briefly identified and explained. The article then focuses specifically on the theme of 'love' using life-history interview data and key literature to discuss mothers' views on the importance of 'love', the saliency of 'love' in choosing childcare, and the notion of 'professional love'.

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“…However, in their review of research into child care choices Pungello and Kurtz-Costes (1999) showed that relatively low price is only one of several extrinsic characteristics of which parents take account, location, hours and reliability often being equally important. Nevertheless, if cost is not the principal criterion for many parents, it remains a significant factor as data from a recent qualitative study in England show (Leach et al, forthcoming)..…”

Section: Quality and Costs Of Carementioning

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The quality of different types of child care at 10 and 18 months: a comparison between types and factors related to quality

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Barnes

Malmberg

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Early Child Development and Care

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Original citation:Barnes, Jacqueline ( Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in Tavistock and Portman E-Prints Online to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engage in further distribution of the material or use it for any profit-making activities or any commercial gain. You may freely distribute the URL (http://taviporttest.da.ulcc.ac.uk/) of Tavistock and Portman E-Prints Online.This document is the published version of 'The qual ty of different types of child i care at 10 and 18 months. A comparison between types and factors related to quality'. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of Taylor & Francis. You are encouraged to consult the remainder of this publication if you wish to cite from it.The quality of different types of child care at 10 and 18 months: a comparison between types and factors related to quality Running head: Differences in child care quality AcknowledgementsWe gratefully acknowledge the contributions of families and project staff. The project is funded by the Tedworth Charitable Trust and the Glass-House Trust. AbstractThe quality of care offered in four different types of non-parental child care to 307 infants at ten months and 331 infants at eighteen months old was compared and factors associated with higher quality were identified. Observed quality was lowest in nurseries at each age point, except that at eighteen months they offered more learning activities. There were few differences in the observed quality of care by child minders, grandparents and nannies, although grandparents had somewhat lower safety and health scores and offered children fewer activities. Cost was largely unrelated to quality of care except in child minding where higher cost was associated with higher quality. Observed ratios of children to adults had a significant impact on quality of nursery care; the more infants or toddlers each adult had to care for the lower the quality of the care she gave them. Mothers' overall satisfaction with their child's care was positively associated with its quality for home-based care but not for nursery settings. KeywordsChild care; infancy; nurseries; childminding; maternal child care choice, satisfaction. 2The quality of different types of child care at 10 and 18 months: a comparison between types and factors related to qualityThe importance of child care qualityAs research on the impact of child care on children's development has progressed, the overweening importance of the quality of care has become clear (Borge et al., 1996;Lamb 1998; Melhuish, 2004; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, EarlyChild Care Research Network (NICHD) 2002a; 2002b; 2001f; 2001h;Petrogiannis & Melhuish, 1996;Smith, 1998 427-436). Whatever the aims and parameters of studies of child care, quality is almost certain to be a factor in the findings.Quality of child care has an impact on man...

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Why and How Working Women Choose Child Care: A Review with a Focus on Infancy

Cited by 139 publications

References 59 publications

Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment: Evidence from East and West Germany

Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment: Evidence from East and West Germany

Do mothers want professional carers to love their babies?

The quality of different types of child care at 10 and 18 months: a comparison between types and factors related to quality

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