Parental Decision Making about Child Care

Autor/inn/en	Rose, Katherine Kensinger; Elicker, James
Titel	Parental Decision Making about Child Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 29 (2008) 9, S.1161-1184 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X07312103
Schlagwörter	Play; Mothers; Caregivers; Child Care; Decision Making; Employed Parents; Young Children; Questionnaires; Individual Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Student Relationship; Demography; Income; Educational Attainment; Family Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Mother; Mutter; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Frühe Kindheit; Fragebogen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Demografie; Einkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	In an effort to address how to best assess the importance of various characteristics of child care to parents, 355 employed mothers of children under 6 years of age completed a questionnaire exploring the importance of child care characteristics to their choice of arrangement, through ratings, rankings, and conjoint analysis. Results indicate that when rated, warmth of caregivers, educational level of caregivers, and utilization of a play-based curriculum emerge as the most important factors for mothers in this sample. When rank ordered, warmth, a play-based curriculum, and the educational level of caregivers emerge as the first-, second-, and third-most important factors. When examined using conjoint analysis of child care scenarios, warmth, flexibility of hours of operation, and education level of caregivers emerge as the most influential variables in the child care decision. Demographic differences in parental child care preferences and potential future uses for conjoint analysis are identified. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10