Relevance of child characteristics for the envisaged and real start of childcare attendance for the under-3s in Germany.

Autor/in	Burghardt, Lars
Titel	Relevance of child characteristics for the envisaged and real start of childcare attendance for the under-3s in Germany.
Quelle	In: European early childhood education research journal, 26 (2018) 6, S. 873-892Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X; 1752-1807
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2018.1533706
Schlagwörter	Erziehung; Kompetenz; Charakter; Charakterbildung; Erwartung; Temperament; Eltern; Kinderbetreuung; Kleinkind; Frühpädagogik; Gesundheit; NEPS (National Educational Panel Study)
Abstract	Although there are many studies on the use of childcare, most German research has focused on the role of socio-economic factors such as parents' level of education, household income, or migration background. Little is known about the role of child characteristics such as health or temperament. Using longitudinal data from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS, N=2630 and N=1891), this study investigated the impact of child characteristics on when parents envisage and actually start using childcare for a national representative sample. Results showed small direct effects of child characteristics and interaction effects of child characteristics and parental beliefs. Parents whose children had a difficult temperament envisaged an early entry in childcare, expecting that attendance would benefit their child's development. It is concluded that in the German early childhood and education system child characteristics play a minor role. In contrast, parent's beliefs and expectation play a crucial role on parent's envisaged and real entry in childcare. (Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2021/3