Quality of Child Care and Children's Quality of Life.

Autor/in	Musatti, Tullia
Titel	Quality of Child Care and Children's Quality of Life.
Quelle	(1993), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Caregivers; Day Care; Day Care Centers; Day Care Effects; Early Childhood Education; Educational Attainment; Educational Quality; Employed Women; Employment Level; Family Day Care; Fathers; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Quality of Life; Socioeconomic Influences; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Tagespflege; Day care centres; Hort; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Lebensqualität; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Italien
Abstract	This paper examines child care quality and the effects of in-home and out-of-home child care on children's quality of life, focusing on the results of a 1992 study of child care in northern and central Italy. The study surveyed the parents of 2,158 toddlers cared for exclusively in the home and 2,346 toddlers attending public day care centers. It found similar percentages of intact families and families in which both parents worked among both groups, and that choice of care was related to the mother's employment and, when she is employed, to the socioeconomic status of her job. Mothers in higher paid and higher prestige positions were more likely to use paid caregivers and day care facilities than lower paid mothers, who relied more on relatives for help in caring for their children. The study also found that children in day care centers tended to have more social interactions with peers, spend less time watching television, and spend more time with their fathers than children who were cared for by their mothers or other caregivers. (Contains 18 references.) (MDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC