title: Child care quality matters: how conclusions may vary with context.
abstract: Three studies examined associations between early child care and child outcomes among families different from those in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Early Child Care Research Network study. Results suggest that quality is an important influence on children's development and may be an important moderator of the amount of time in care. Thus, the generalizability of the NICHD findings may hinge on the context in which those results were obtained. These studies, conducted in three national contexts, with different regulatory climates, ranges of child care quality, and a diversity of family characteristics, suggest a need for more complete estimates of how both quality and quantity of child care may influence a range of young children's developmental outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagi-Schwartz
authors.forename: Marinus H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: van IJzendoorn
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Judy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ungerer
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Raikes
authors.forename: Christy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brady-Smith
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boller
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brooks-Gunn
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Constantine
authors.forename: Ellen Eliason
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kisker
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paulsell
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chazan-Cohen
mesh_terms: D002654:Child Care / Q000592:standards*; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000592:standards*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015397:Program Evaluation