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Child care cost and quality

S W Helburn1, C Howes

  • 1University of Colorado, Denver, USA.

The Future of Children
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
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Child care quality is often mediocre, with parents not always selecting high-quality settings. Child care costs are only modestly related to quality due to factors like low staff wages and provider altruism.

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Area of Science:

  • Child Development
  • Economics of Education
  • Social Policy

Background:

  • Child care is essential for working parents and child development.
  • Understanding the relationship between child care costs, quality, and parental choice is crucial for policy and practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the cost and quality of full-time child care in centers and family homes.
  • To investigate parental awareness and prioritization of child care quality.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers study.
  • Analysis of data from the Economics of Family Child Care study.

Main Results:

  • Mediocre quality is prevalent in child care settings.

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  • Parents do not consistently choose high-quality child care options.
  • Child care quality has a modest correlation with operating costs, influenced by low staff wages and provider motivations.

    • Conclusions:

    • Consumer education and higher state-level standards are recommended.
    • Policies should encourage qualified individuals into child care careers.
    • Increased investment and improved compensation for child care workers are necessary.