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88 lines
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YAML
abstract: 'Access to early childhood education services has proved to be an
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effective way of combating educational inequality. However, more
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advantaged families are more likely to use these services, while
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children from more vulnerable backgrounds are marginalised. Research has
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explained this phenomenon, known as the Mathew Effect, mainly by
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studying the constraints arising from the availability of services, the
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economic capacity of families to use them, and cultural patterns of
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motherhood. This paper aims to identify, from a public policy
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perspective, other factors that explain the Mathew Effect, beyond the
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economic barriers that limit access to formal care services for young
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children.
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Based on interviews with 34 mothers of children under three years old,
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with differing levels of involvement in the employment market and
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different models of childcare (municipal and private nursery schools),
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we analyse the characteristics of formal early childhood care services
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and the objective factors of those mothers'' everyday lives, to
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understand the decision-making processes involved in choosing childcare
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for the under-threes. The results indicate that sliding scale pricing
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has allowed mothers on low incomes to access state nursery schools,
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while the quality of the public services offered has been a factor in
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attracting middle and upper class parents. However, there has been no
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adaptation of public early childhood care services to the needs of
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working-class mothers who, while not being in a situation of social
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vulnerability, do not have the option of using private nurseries.'
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affiliation: 'Saula, ES (Corresponding Author), Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Sociol,
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Barcelona, Spain.
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Sauri Saula, Enric; Gonzalez Motos, Sheila, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Sociol,
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Barcelona, Spain.'
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article-number: e3065
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author: Sauri Saula, Enric and Gonzalez Motos, Sheila
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author-email: 'enric.sauri@uab.cat
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sheila.gonzalez@uab.cat'
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author_list:
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- family: Sauri Saula
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given: Enric
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- family: Gonzalez Motos
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given: Sheila
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.5565/rev/papers.3065
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eissn: 2013-9004
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files: []
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issn: 0210-2862
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journal: PAPERS-REVISTA DE SOCIOLOGIA
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keywords: 'early childhood; preschool education; educational inequality;
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motherhood; educational policy'
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keywords-plus: EMPLOYMENT; COSTS
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language: Catalan
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '52'
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papis_id: 181d20b0c25a682e8891504fac85a041
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ref: Saurisaula2022justifyingchoice
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Justifying the choice of childcare for 0 to 3-year-olds : Are public services
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an option for me?'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000976761400004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
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volume: '107'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2022'
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