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Child Care for Working Poor Families:
Child Development and Parent Employment Outcomes

James Elicker, Carolyn Clawson, Soo-Young Hong,
Tae-Eun Kim, Demetra Evangelou, & Susan J. Kontos

Purdue University
March, 2005

Title Page & Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

Introduction

Chapter 1- Child Care for Low Income Working Families: Four Community Profiles

Chapter 2- Who Were the Families, Children, and Caregivers?

Chapter 3- What are the Child Care Experiences of Low Income Working Families?

Chapter 4- What is the Quality of Child Care Used by Low Income Working Families in the Four Communities?

Chapter 5- Low Income Working Families: Children’s Development and Child Care Quality

Chapter 6- Low Income Working Families: Parents’ Employment, Education, and Child Care Quality

Conclusions

Glossary

Appendix A- Methodology

Appendix B- Four Community Profiles

Appendix C- Characteristics of Families, Children, and Caregivers

Appendix D- Child Care Experiences of Low Income Families

Appendix E- Quality of Child Care

Appendix F- Child Outcomes and Child Care Quality

Appendix G- Parent Education and Employment Outcomes and Child Care Quality