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abstract: "Objective. The cost of child care affects women's economic\nopportunities,\
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\ limits children's chances to experience high-quality\nenvironments in their early\
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\ childhood years, and reinforces economic and\nsocial inequality. This paper examines\
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\ several factors that may\ninfluence whether employed mothers purchase child care,\
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\ and, among those\nwho pay, how much they pay for child care services. It also\n\
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investigates how these factors may be associated with the proportion of\ntotal family\
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\ income and the proportion of the mother's earnings spent on\nchild care. Methods.\
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\ Whereas past research has relied primarily on\ncross-tabular techniques, this\
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\ study uses logistic and OLS regressions\nto analyze data from the National Child\
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\ Care Survey 1990. Results. \nFindings suggest that cultural, economic, and kinship\
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\ resources and the\nneed for child care are most important in determining whether\
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\ an\nemployed mother pays for child care. Family resources, cost of living,\n\
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and availability of alternative providers, such as teenage children, are\nsignificant\
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\ predictors of how much employed mothers pay for child care. \nConclusions. It\
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\ is recommended that policies should emphasize voucher\nprograms over reimbursement\
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\ for out-of-pocket expenditures."
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affiliation: BRAYFIELD, A (Corresponding Author), TULANE UNIV,DEPT SOCIOL,220 NEWCOMB
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HALL,NEW ORLEANS,LA 70118, USA.
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author: BRAYFIELD, A and HOFFERTH, SL
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author_list:
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- family: BRAYFIELD
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given: A
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- family: HOFFERTH
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given: SL
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da: '2023-09-28'
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files: []
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issn: 0038-4941
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journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY
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keywords-plus: WORK; EMPLOYMENT
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '17'
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pages: 158-177
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papis_id: 0f72e7427d554f755ecdcb57692ebc15
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ref: Brayfield1995balancingfamily
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times-cited: '14'
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title: BALANCING THE FAMILY BUDGET - DIFFERENCES IN CHILD-CARE EXPENDITURES BY RACE
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ETHNICITY, ECONOMIC-STATUS, AND FAMILY-STRUCTURE
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:A1995RC27600011
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '4'
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volume: '76'
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web-of-science-categories: Political Science; Sociology
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year: '1995'
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