Child Care Choices of Hispanic Families: Why Aren't Families Using Center Care? PRGS Dissertation

Autor/in	Daugherty, Lindsay
Institution	Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School
Titel	Child Care Choices of Hispanic Families: Why Aren't Families Using Center Care? PRGS Dissertation
Quelle	(2010), (150 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Early Childhood Education; Language Role; Child Care Centers; Hispanic Americans; Cultural Influences; Enrollment Trends; Family Involvement; Access to Education; Barriers; English (Second Language); Spanish Speaking; Racial Differences; Young Children; Early Intervention; Low Income Groups; At Risk Students; Mothers; Employment Level; Family Characteristics; Urban Areas; Educational Attainment; Marital Status; Whites; African Americans; Asian Americans; Immigrants; Family Income + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Rassenunterschied; Frühe Kindheit; Mother; Mutter; Beschäftigungsgrad; Urban area; Stadtregion; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familienstand; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Familieneinkommen
Abstract	Hispanic children are likely to make up a large portion of those who are targeted by new public initiatives in early childhood education because they are the fastest-growing segment of the child population in the United States. They are a particularly large segment of the population in California, where they account for 59 percent of the population of children under age 5 in Los Angeles County. Yet despite being such a large portion of the child population, Hispanic children in the United States, California, and Los Angeles County lag behind other children in terms of enrollment in preschools and child care centers. For new public funding initiatives to have an significant impact on Hispanic children, it is critical to determine why these children are not using child care centers at the rates observed among children of other races and ethnicities. This dissertation focuses on the role of three factors that have been acknowledged in the literature as potential causes of the lesser enrollment of Hispanic children in center care: access to care by relatives and the relationship between this access and use of relative and center child care; access to center child care and the relationship to use of center care; and the role of language as a barrier in preventing Hispanic families from accessing center care. Six appendices are included. (Contains 17 tables, 6 figures and 2 footnotes.) [This document was submitted as a dissertation in December 2009 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School (PRGS). Funding for this study was provided by the JL Foundation.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10