abstract: 'Little is known about the determinants of out-of-school childcare

  arrangements of school-age children. Using data from the Survey of

  Income and Program Participation, this study compares out-of-school

  childcare arrangements of children in single-mother and two-parent

  working families and examines the factors influencing their childcare

  decisions. Findings suggest that for both types of families, the key

  factors influencing childcare choices are hours of employment of

  mothers, degree of economic disadvantage, and children''s ages. We also

  find that single mothers compensate for absence spouses by using kin

  disproportionately more for childcare. The study shows that after-school

  programs are used relatively less than other forms of childcare for

  schoolchildren. We think that less use maybe associated with the

  inability of after-school programs to meet the hours of childcare needed

  by full-time working mothers. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All

  rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Brandon, PD (Corresponding Author), Univ Massachusetts, Dept Sociol,
  Thompson Hall,Box 37525, Amherst, MA 01003 USA.

  Univ Massachusetts, Dept Sociol, Amherst, MA 01003 USA.

  Univ Maryland, Dept Family Studies, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.'
article-number: PII S049-089X(02)00022-4
author: Brandon, PD and Hofferth, SL
author-email: brandon@soc.umass.edu
author_list:
- family: Brandon
  given: PD
- family: Hofferth
  given: SL
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00022-4
eissn: 1096-0317
files: []
issn: 0049-089X
journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
keywords-plus: SELF-CARE; LOW-INCOME; AGE; EMPLOYMENT
language: English
month: MAR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '36'
pages: 129-147
papis_id: e4568493a24b840a6f3b393f11638ee1
ref: Brandon2003determinantsoutofsch
researcherid-numbers: Brandon, Peter D/A-9059-2009
times-cited: '12'
title: Determinants of out-of-school childcare arrangements among children in single-mother
  and two-parent families
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000181505600007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '32'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2003'