Child care in rural areas: Needs, attitudes, and preferences
| Autor: | Sarah M. Shoffner |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Day care Ambivalence Ideal type Environmental health Humans Medicine Child Care Child Applied Psychology business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Social environment Child Day Care Centers Middle Aged Mental health United States Health psychology Attitude Child Preschool Family medicine Female Rural area business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Community Psychology. 14:521-539 |
| ISSN: | 0091-0562 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00935356 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this research was to assess the needs and preferences for child care services in rural areas. We examined data from interviews with 525 mothers of children up to 12 years of age in two southeastern states. Results indicated that, while rural mothers expressed a desire for more child care services, many were ambivalent about other-than-mother care. On the one hand, they had limited knowledge about and experience with a variety of child care arrangements; on the other hand, they could identify their preferences for types and specific features of day care they desired. These preferences were summarized to form a hypothetical "ideal type" of child care for rural mothers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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