Time and tide: An overview of the canadian national child care survey

The steady and dramatic increase in the proportion of mothers with young children entering the paid labor force represents one of the most significant social transformations to have taken place in Canada and in the United States over the past 30 years. The Canadian National Child Care Study (CNCCS),...

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Published in:Child & youth care forum 1997-08, Vol.26 (4), p.223-245
Main Author: Pence, Alan R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Child care
Children
Day care
Factors
Families & family life
National surveys
Polls & surveys
Studies
Working mothers
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Summary:The steady and dramatic increase in the proportion of mothers with young children entering the paid labor force represents one of the most significant social transformations to have taken place in Canada and in the United States over the past 30 years. The Canadian National Child Care Study (CNCCS), with over 24,000 families interviewed, is one of the largest national surveys of child care and labor force issues undertaken to date internationally. This article discusses the CNCCS both as a case study of the forces impinging on the undertaking of a major national survey and as a unique source of information on the interaction of child, family, and societal variables within the complex ecology of child care.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1053-1890
1573-3319
DOI:10.1007/BF02589417