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Los Angeles County children's literacy experiences, emotional well-being and skills acquisition: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey
Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz; Pebley, Anne R.; , 2003

A technical report examining preschool children's school readiness through children's home environment, behavior problems, and skill acquisitions, examining how these indicators vary by neighborhood and family characteristics

Reports & Papers

Double Jeopardy: Poorer social-emotional outcomes for children in the NICHD SECCYD experiencing home and child-care environments that confer risk
Watamura, Sarah; Morrissey, Taryn; Phillips, Deborah A.; McCartney, Kathleen; Bub, Kristen L. , January/February 2011

A study of the relationships between both home and child care quality and the socioemotional adjustment of groups of children in five different environments at ages 24, 36, and 54 months, based on a secondary analysis of data from 771 children

Reports & Papers

Teaching low-income mothers to teach their children
Johnson, Dale L.; Walker, Todd B.; Rodriguez, Gloria G.; , 1996

A study of the effectiveness of the Avance Parent-Child Education Program, which teaches low-income Mexican-American mothers of infants child care techniques to use for teaching their own children

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Child-care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Kelly, Jean F.; , 1998

An analysis comparing the maternal employment patterns and child care arrangements and their quality for children with and without special needs, using two studies: a study of children with special needs, and data from the Seattle, Washington, a site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security: Results of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 1997

A study of the relationship between nonmaternal infant child care arrangements and infant and mother attachment security and relationships

Reports & Papers

Early Head Start children in grade 5: Long-term followup of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project study sample: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation; , December 2010

A study of the impact of Early Head Start participation and of the influence of children's preschool and later school experiences on parenting, family well-being, and children's academic and socioemotional outcomes in grade 5, based on a longitudinal follow-up of participants in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project

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The effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program: Results from observations of parenting and child development
Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Miller, Therese L.; Genevro, Janice L.; Huang, Keng-Yen; , 2004

An examination of the effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program (HS) on parent-child interaction and children's socioemotional development

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Differential susceptibility to rearing experience: The case of childcare
Pluess, Michael; Belsky, Jay; , April 2009

An examination of the relationship between child temperament and time spent in care, child care type, and care quality for children at 54 months and in kindergarten from a secondary analysis of National Institute of Child Health and Development Study of Early Child Care data

Reports & Papers

Father involvement in Early Head Start programs
Raikes, Helen; Summers, Jean Ann; Roggman, Lori A.; , 2005

A study analyzing fathers' participation in the Early Head Start program using qualitative and quantitative data from 326 Early Head Start fathers whose children were 36 months old

Reports & Papers

Assessing quality in family, friend and neighbor care: The Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives
Porter, Toni; Rice, Rena; Rivera, Elizabeth; , 2006

A paper describing the Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives, an instrument designed to measure quality of child care provided by relatives, in terms of its development and the results of a field test where it was used with low income relative caregivers

Reports & Papers

Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 1999

An analysis of the effects of child care on maternal sensitivity and child engagement during the first three years of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Understanding the positive role of neighborhood socioeconomic advantage in achievement: The contribution of the home, child care, and school environments
Dupere, Veronique; Leventhal, Tama; Crosnoe, Robert; Dion, Eric; , September 2010

A study of the relationships between neighborhood socioeconomic advantage, home, child care, and school quality, and children's reading and vocabulary achievement trajectories between ages of 54 months and 15 years, based on a sample of 1,364 children born in 1991 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Reports & Papers

Are there long-term effects of early child care?
Belsky, Jay; Vandell, Deborah L.; Burchinal, Margaret; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; McCartney, Kathleen; Owen, Margaret T.; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , March/April 2007

An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Reports & Papers

Literate behaviors in African American Head Start families: A multiple literacies perspective
Daniels, Janese K.; , 2004

An examination of the use of home literacy activities in African American Head Start families and the effect of these activities on preschool children's language and literacy development

Reports & Papers

The relationship of regulation, training, and motivation to quality of care in family day care
Pence, Alan R.; Goelman, Hillel; , 1991

An article relating child care quality to family child care characteristics

Reports & Papers

Child care and common communicable illnesses [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections during the first 3 years of life

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Toddlers' attachment security to child-care providers: The Safe and Secure Scale
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Kelly, Jean F.; Spieker, Susan; Zuckerman, Tracy G.; , 2003

An investigation of the nature of toddlers’ attachment relationships with their child care providers, and the relation between child-caregiver attachment and child-mother attachment, based on a sample of 45 children aged 24 months

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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A study of the relationships between types of nonmaternal care and children’s social and emotional adjustment, cognitive and linguistic development, and physical growth and health

Reports & Papers

Poverty, race, and parental involvement during the transition to elementary school
Cooper, Cary; Crosnoe, Robert; Suizzo, Marie-Anne; Pituch, Keenan A.; , July 2010

A study of the relationships between math and reading achievement in spring kindergarten and race, parental involvement, and poverty, from a secondary analysis of data collected from 20,356 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort

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Sequence of child care type and child development: What role does peer exposure play?
Morrissey, Taryn , Q1 2010

An examination of associations between school readiness, social stimulation and the timing of child care type among 3 groups of children in either continuous home care, continuous center care, or both home care and center care from a sample of 1,349 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Development’s Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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Predictors of academic motivation in first grade among children born to low-income adolescent mothers
Luster, Tom; Lekskul, Kunlakarn; Oh, Su Min; , 2004

An analysis of the factors associated with individual differences in academic motivation among children born to low-income adolescent mothers

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Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 1998

An analysis of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

A longitudinal study of two early intervention strategies: Project CARE
Wasik, Barbara H.; Ramey, Craig T.; Bryant, Donna M.; Sparling, Joseph; , 1991

A longitudinal study on the impacts of family education and center-based child care intervention programs on intellectual performance in developmentally at-risk children six months to four years old

Reports & Papers

Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, 1997
Hofferth, Sandra L.; Hill, Martha S.; Yeung, Jean; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Duncan, Greg; Stafford, Frank P.; , 2000

A supplement to a longitudinal survey started in 1968 with information on topics such as school progress, academic achievement and cognitive ability, social well-being, emotional well-being, and health.

Data Sets

Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

An abridged reprint of a study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Vandell, Deborah L.; Belsky, Jay; Burchinal, Margaret; Steinberg, Laurence D.; Vandergrift, Nathan; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network , May/June 2010

An examination of the relationships between externalizing behavior, impulsivity, risk taking, and academic achievement at age 15 and quality of care, nonrelative child care type, care hours, and center care participation at 4 ½ years, as well as achievement and externalizing behavior at 4 ½ years and grades 1, 3, and 5, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 families

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Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A study of the relationship between duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s development from birth to age 9, using comparisons of children from families who were never poor, poor only during their children’s infancy, poor only after their children's infancy, or chronically poor

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Modeling the impacts of child care quality on children's preschool cognitive development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; Duncan, Greg; , 2003

A journal article using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to evaluate three methods for modeling the effects of child care quality on preschool children's cognitive development

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Play in home spaces in family child care
Squibb, Betsy; King, Joel; , 1996

A study evaluating the quality of family child care settings to investigate the dynamics of child play within the home, using the Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS) and the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME)

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Who drops out of Early Head Start home visiting programs?
Roggman, Lori A.; Cook, Gina A.; Peterson, Carla A.; Raikes, Helen; , 2008

An examination of the timing, factors, and predictors of the discontinuance of participation in Early Head Start home-based programs, based on a sample of 564 families

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Carolina Abecedarian Project and the Carolina Approach to Responsive Education (CARE), 1972-1992
Ramey, Craig T.; Gallagher, James J.; Campbell, Frances A.; Wasik, Barbara H.; Sparling, Joseph; , 2004

Data Sets

Preventing intellectual and interactional sequelae of fetal malnutrition: A longitudinal, transactional, and synergistic approach to development
Zeskind, Philip Sanford; Ramey, Craig T.; , 1981

The results of a natural experiment concerning the effects of intellectual, behavioral, and social-interactional development on fetally malnourished infants through ages 3 to 24 months in a supportive and nonsupportive caregiving environments

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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase II, 1996-1999 [United States]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2010

The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared.

Data Sets

Who should care for our kids? The effects of infant child care on early child development
Peng, Duan; Robins, Philip K. , March 2010

An examination that accounts for selection into care type of the relationship between various types of child care during the first year of a child's life and the child's language and social development measured at age 3 from Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study data

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Trajectories of the home learning environment across the first 5 years: Associations with children's vocabulary and literacy skills and prekindergarten
Rodriguez, Eileen; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; , July/August 2011

A categorical study of the home learning environments associated with children's vocabulary and emergent literacy skills in prekindergarten, based on data collected from a sample of 1,852 mothers and their children participating in Early Head Start programs

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The role of grandmothers in the lives of preschoolers growing up in urban poverty
Pittman, Laura D.; Boswell, Michelle K.; , 2007

An examination of the impact of grandmothers' residential status and child care responsibilities on low income preschool children's cognitive development and academic achievement using data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study

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The effects of early maternal employment on child cognitive development
Waldfogel, Jane; Han, Wen-Jui; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; , 2002

A study of the effects on child cognitive development at age seven or eight of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life, controlling for factors such as child care use, based on mothers and their children in the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

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Two years in early care and education: A community portrait of quality and workforce stability: Alameda County, California
Whitebook, Marcy; Phillips, Deborah A.; Bellm, Dan; Crowell, Nancy; Almaraz, Mirella; Jo, Joon Yong; , 2004

A report profiling child care quality and the center-based, licensed family, and license-exempt child care workforce in Alameda County, California, from 2001 to 2003

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Early child care and children's development prior to school entry: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2002

A longitudinal study of the effects of quantity, quality, and type of early child care on pre-academic skills, language performance, and behavior problems in a sample of over 1,000 children followed from birth to 4 ½ years of age

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Involvement in Early Head Start home visiting services: Demographic predictors and relations to child and parent outcomes
Raikes, Helen; Green, Beth L.; Atwater, Jane; Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Constantine, Jill; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; , 2006

A study of the extent to which the quantity, quality and content of parent involvement during home visits influence the impact of this service strategy on family and child outcomes, based on data from 11 sites participating in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project

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The relationship of maternal work characteristics to childcare type and quality in rural communities
De Marco, Allison; Crouter, Ann C.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Life Project Key Investigators; , November 2009

An examination of the relationship between selection of child care type by parents and both quality of care and maternal workplace characteristics from a secondary analysis of selected Family Life Project longitudinal study data collected in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, from 441 employed mothers in rural communities

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Head Start, poor children, and their families
Caputo, Richard K.; , 1998

A longitudinal study of the family demographics and predictors of socioeconomically disadvantaged child participation in Head Start programs and persistence of poverty later in life

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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life

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Structural and process features in three types of child care for children from high and low income families
Dowsett, Chantelle J.; Huston, Aletha C.; Imes, Amy E.; Gennetian, Lisa A.; , Q1 2008

A comparison of the features of child care centers, family child care homes, and relative care settings, such as child-to-adult ratios, group size, licensure, caregiver education and training, sensitivity and responsiveness of caregiving, positive and negative peer interaction, cognitive and language stimulation, and health and safety practices

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Preventive education and birth order as co-determinants of IQ in disadvantaged five-year-olds
Boat, Mary Barbara; Campbell, Frances A.; Ramey, Craig T.; , 1986

A longitudinal study of the effects upon IQ of birth order, disadvantaged background and early intervention programs for young children from economically disadvantaged families

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National evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1994-1997 final report
United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service; , 1998

The second national evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, examining what has changed and what has remained stable over its first eight years, specifically addressing who and what is served by the program, federal funding methods, participant's developmental and educational gains, best practices, and the success with which the program is reaching its target population

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Early day care, infant-mother attachment, and maternal responsiveness in the infants' first year
Burchinal, Margaret; Bryant, Donna M.; Ramey, Craig T.; Lee, Marvin W.; , 1992

A longitudinal study on the impact of non maternal child care on mother-child relationships and infants’ insecure maternal attachments

Reports & Papers

Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2006

A report of findings on the effect sizes for exclusive maternal care and, for children in child care, for type, quality, and quantity of care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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The impact of intergenerational Head Start participation on success measures among adolescent children
Caputo, Richard K.; , 2004

A journal article using child-mother data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) to examine the adolescent outcomes of intergenerational Head Start participation

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Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Middle Childhood (MC) HOME
Caldwell, Bettye M.; Bradley, Robert H.; , 1988

Instruments

Preschool child care and risk of overweight in 6- to 12-year-old children
Lumeng, Julie C.; Gannon, K.; Appugliese, D.; Cabral, H. J.; Zuckerman, Barry; , 2005

A study of the relationship between center-based child care attendance from 3 to 5 years of age and future overweight and body mass index at 6 to twelve years of age, based on data from the 1997 Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement

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Child care and low-income children's development: Direct and moderated effects
Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; Coley, Rebekah L.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; , 2004

A study determining the effect of child care quality on low-income children's cognitive and social development, utilizing data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study

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Lessons from New Hope: The impact on children's well-being of a work-based antipoverty program for parents
Mistry, Rashmita S.; Crosby, Danielle A.; Huston, Aletha C.; Casey, David M.; Ripke, Marika N.; , 2001

A longitudinal, randomized study evaluating New Hope's (an employment-based antipoverty program) effects on children's well being and an investigation of why the effects occurred

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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase III, 2000-2004 [United States]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2010

The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared.

Data Sets

Social risk and protective child, parenting, and child care factors in early elementary school years
Burchinal, Margaret; Roberts, Joanne E.; Zeisel, Susan A.; Hennon, Elizabeth A.; Hooper, Stephen; , 2006

A longitudinal study of African American children followed from birth to third grade to investigate the effects of protective factors, including quality of home and child care environments, on their academic achievements, social competencies, and school readiness

Reports & Papers

Reasons for choosing child care: Associations with family factors, quality, and satisfaction
Peyton, Vicki; Jacobs, Anne; O'Brien, Marion; Roy, Carolyn; , 2001

An investigation into the reasons mothers select particular care arrangements for their 3 year olds based on 633 mothers who were part of a larger longitudinal study

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Type of child care and children's development at 54 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2004

An investigation of the factors that contribute to parents' child care decision-making, and the effects of child care settings on child outcomes, funded by the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network

Reports & Papers

Change in family income-to-needs matters more for children with less
Dearing, Eric; McCartney, Kathleen; Taylor, Beck A.; , November/December 2001

An examination of changes in family income-to-needs and its effect on young children's cognitive, language, and behavioral development and outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Early child-care experiences and children's social competence between 1.5 and 15 years of age
Campbell, Jim; Lamb, Michael E.; Hwang, C. Philip; , 2000

A longitudinal study on the role of early child care experiences in children’s social development, based on a subsample of 52 children from the Goteborg Child Care study tracked from one-and-a-half to fifteen-years old

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The role of physical context, verbal skills, non-parental care, social support, and type of parental discipline on the development of ToM capacity in five-year-old-children
Galende, Nuria; de Miguel, Manuel Sanchez ; Arranz, Enrique , November, 2011

A study of the relationship between family context variables, including quality of non-parental care, and performance on Theory of Mind (ToM) tasks, based on data from 70 5-year-old children in 3 primary schools in Spain

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Quality child care supports the achievement of low-income children: Direct and indirect pathways through caregiving and the home environment
McCartney, Kathleen; Dearing, Eric; Taylor, Beck A.; Bub, Kristen L.; , September-December 2007

A longitudinal analysis of the effects of high-quality child care on the cognitive and language outcomes and the home environments of children in low-income families participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD)

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Early childhood programs and success in school: The Abecedarian Study
Campbell, Frances A.; Helms, Ronald; Sparling, Joseph; Ramey, Craig T.; , 1998

An analysis of the academic outcomes of low income children participating in the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an intensive early intervention

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Economic deprivation and early childhood development
Duncan, Greg; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Klebanov, Pamela Kato; , 1994

A study of the impact of poverty and poverty correlates such as ethnicity, maternal education, neighborhood conditions and single parenthood on child cognitive and behavioral development, using longitudinal data from the Infant Health and Development program

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Predicting IQ from mother-infant interactions
Ramey, Craig T.; Farran, Dale; Campbell, Frances A.; , 1979

A longitudinal study on the effects of preschool intervention on the IQ of high risk children and mother-child relationships

Reports & Papers

Early child care and children's development prior to school entry [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

An abridged reprint of a study of the impact of early child care experiences, and the quality and types of child care, on children's functioning prior to school entry, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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How welfare reform affects young children: Experimental findings from Connecticut
Loeb, Susanna; Fuller, Bruce; Kagan, Sharon Lynn; Carrol, Bidemi; , 2003

A study of the effects of mothers’ rising employment levels and program participation on young children’s early learning and cognitive growth, comparing participant outcomes in Connecticut’s Jobs First program and a traditional welfare program

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The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes
Han, Wen-Jui; Waldfogel, Jane; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; , 2001

A longitudinal study controlling for factors such as child care use to determine if the effects on child cognitive development of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life persisted through ages seven or eight, using data from the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

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Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes
Wolf, Anne; , 2004

Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family variations in timing and type of children's initial child care arrangements and then variations in amount of hours spent in child care per week from birth to age three

Reports & Papers

Do children's attention processes mediate the link between family predictors and school readiness
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2003

A study of the mediating role of child's attention processes in the relation between family environment and school readiness

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Literacy promotion for families participating in the Women, Infants, and Children program
Whaley, Shannon; Jiang, Lu; Gomez, Judy; Jenks, Eloise , March 2011

An investigation into the effect of a bilingual early literacy intervention on both academic measures of children's school readiness and the children's home literacy environments, based on information from 102 families who received four years of the intervention, 103 families who received 2 years of the intervention, and 200 families in a control group from Los Angeles County, California

Reports & Papers

The relation of quality indicators to provider knowledge of child development in family child care homes
Bordin, Judith A.; Machida, Sandra; Varnell, Heather; , 2000

A study of the relationship between structural and process quality indicators, and an examination of provider knowledge in predicting process quality, in family child care homes in northern California

Reports & Papers

Testing a series of causal propositions relating time in child care to children’s externalizing behavior
McCartney, Kathleen; Burchinal, Margaret; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Bub, Kristen L.; Owen, Margaret T.; Belsky, Jay; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network , January 2010

An examination, through a series of longitudinal analyses, of the relationship between child care hours and externalizing behavior, moderated by child care quality and portion of time with a large group of peers, from 1,364 family participants in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Reports & Papers

Family environment and family day care
Goelman, Hillel; Shapiro, Eugene; Pence, Alan R.; , 1990

An analysis of the relationships between the quality of the family child care program, the level of cognitive stimulation in the caregivers’ home, and the social-emotional climate of the caregiver’s own family life

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An investigation of the impact of child care quality on child outcomes using structural equation modeling
Cutler, Jared C. , 2004

An evaluation of the relations among child care quality, family and child characteristics, and child outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC)

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Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
United States. Administration for Children and Families; ,

This project involves both a cross-site national study and local longitudinal studies of low-income families with young children in Early Head Start sites in 17 communities in the United States. The project was funded in two waves: Birth to Three (1996-2001) and Pre-Kindergarten Follow-Up (2001-2004). The five major components of the project are: an implementation study, an impact evaluation, local research studies, policy studies, and efforts toward continuous program improvement. The implementation study assessed the level and quality of implementation of EHS at each site, as well as variations across sites, with regard to five program areas: child development and health care; family partnerships; community involvement and partnerships; staff development; and program management. Results include a profile of each of the 17 research programs, their services and expected outcomes. The information gathered was critical for the development of the impact evaluation analyses and the identification of pathways to full implementation. The impact evaluation followed a random assignment, longitudinal design to examine how child, parent and family outcomes were influenced by EHS programs, as well as by variations in program approaches and community contexts, program implementation and services, and the characteristics of children and their families. The third component involves 16 local research projects conducted by 15 university-based researchers who partnered with Early Head Start research programs. Designed to investigate the unique outcomes and program functions of each Early Head Start program, these longitudinal studies continue through the second phase of the project, Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up (2001-2004). The policy studies component focuses on issues related to welfare reform, health and disabilities, child-care and fatherhood. The component of continuous program improvement consists of reports and presentations disseminating new information that can help all Early Head Start programs to increase their ability to meet the needs of families.

Major Research Projects

Africentric Home Environment Inventory
Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Randolph, Suzanne M.; O'Campo, Patricia J.; , 2002

Instruments

The impact of parental working conditions on school-age children: The case of evening work
Heymann, Jody; Earle, Alison; , 2001

An examintion of parental evening work on the home environment of school-age children based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Reports & Papers

The homelife interview from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Assessment of parenting and home environment for 3- to 15-year-olds
Leventhal, Tama; Selner-O'Hagan, Mary Beth; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Bingenheimer, Jeffrey B.; Earls, Felton; , 2004

A description of the development of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Homelife Interview using aspects of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment inventory

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Trade-offs between different early childhood interventions: Evidence from Ecuador
Rosero, Jose; Oosterbeek, Hessel; , July, 2011

A study of the impact of home visits and child care centers on low-income children's cognitive and health outcomes and mothers' well-being and labor force participation in Ecuador, based on a comparison of children and mothers enrolled in publicly-funded programs with those who would have been served by programs that had applied for but did not receive public funding

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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2001

A study of a large sample of three-year-old children relating ethnic background, three levels of family income, family characteristics and experiences in child care to child development

Reports & Papers

Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care? [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

An abridged reprint of a study reporting analyses of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Early Adolescent (EA) HOME
Caldwell, Bettye M.; Bradley, Robert H.; ,

Instruments

Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A study of associations between structural and caregiver characteristics as they relate to infant experiences with their caregivers, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care as well as an observational measure, the Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment (ORCE)

Reports & Papers

Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (elementary version)
Bradley, Robert H.; Caldwell, Bettye M.; , 1988

Instruments

Fetal malnutrition: An experimental study of its consequences on infant development in two caregiving environments
Zeskind, Philip Sanford; Ramey, Craig T.; , 1978

A longitudinal study on the impacts of fetal malnutrition and caregiving environments on social and intellectual development in infants from socioeconomically disadvantaged families

Reports & Papers

Predicting individual differences in attention, memory, and planning in first graders from experiences at home, child care, and school
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A longitudinal study examining the influence of early experiences at home, school, and child care on the development of attention, memory, and planning in first graders, using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Reports & Papers

Precursors of language ability and academic performance: An inter-generational, longitudinal study of at-risk children
Campisi, Lisa; Serbin, Lisa A.; Stack, Dale M.; Schwartzman, Alex E.; Ledingham, Jane E.; , September/October 2009

An investigation the inter-generational transfer of risk through an examination of the relationship between the academic outcomes of children and maternal risk factors and expressive language shared by mothers and preschool-aged children drawn from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, a prospective, investigation of French-speaking families from low-socioeconomic status Montreal neighborhoods

Reports & Papers

Abecedarian Project
Campbell, Frances A.; ,

Major Research Projects

The effects of experience of early intervention of low birth weight, premature children: The Infant Health and Development Program
Liaw, Fong-ruey; Meisels, Samuel J.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; , 1995

A study of the effects of individual children's early intervention experiences, in both home and child development center settings, on child and parental outcomes in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP)

Reports & Papers

Implications for the development of children in over 11 hours of centre-based care
Anme, Tokie; Segal, Uma A.; , 2004

An assessment of Japanese children's development two years after attending extended care in child care centers in order to investigate the possible impact of extended care on their development

Reports & Papers

Type of daycare and preschool intellectual development in disadvantaged children
Burchinal, Margaret; Lee, Marvin W.; Ramey, Craig T.; , 1989

A study of the impacts of university, community and family-based child care systems on the intellectual development of children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families

Reports & Papers

Examining the black-white achievement gap among low-income children using the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Burchinal, Margaret; McCartney, Kathleen; Steinberg, Laurence D.; Crosnoe, Robert; Friedman, Sarah; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Pianta, Robert C.; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , September/October 2011

An examination of family, neighborhood, and school characteristic predictors of the Black-White achievement gap in children's reading and mathematics school performance from 4½ years of age through fifth grade, based on a secondary analysis of a sample of 314 lower income Black and White American youth followed from birth

Reports & Papers

Mother-child bookreading in low-income families: Correlates and outcomes during the first three years of life
Raikes, Helen; Pan, Barbara A.; Luze, Gayle J.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Constantine, Jill; Tarullo, Louisa B.; Raikes, H. Abigail; Rodriguez, Eileen; , July/August 2006

An investigation of the impact of mother-child book reading on low income young children's cognitive and language development as well as an examination of book reading in relation to the Early Head Start intervention using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project

Reports & Papers

The relation of child care to cognitive and language development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2000

An article on the relationship between cognitive and language development and quality, amount, and type of child care.

Reports & Papers

Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 1996

An analysis of the structural and caregiver characteristics that predict high caregiving quality for infants using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Effectiveness of a comprehensive, five-year family support program for low-income children and their families: Findings from the Comprehensive Child Development Program
Goodson, Barbara D.; Layzer, Jean I.; St. Pierre, Robert G.; Bernstein, Lawrence S.; Lopez, Michael; , 2000

A randomized experiment to evaluate the effects of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), a two-generation program that includes case management and home visiting on the cognitive and socioemotional development of children and the socioeconomic status of their families, from 21 CCDP projects that tracked 4,410 families for five years

Reports & Papers

Low-income children's school readiness: Parent contributions over the first five years
Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Raikes, Helen; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Ayoub, Catherine; Pan, Barbara A.; Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Roggman, Lori A.; Fuligni, Allison Sidle , November 2009

A study of the association of both home environment and parental support of play measured at 14 months and school readiness skills measured at kindergarten and a study of the association between parenting changes during the first 5 years of life and school readiness based on data collected as part of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project with a sample of 1,273 child and parent assessments

Reports & Papers

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults
Ohio State University. Center for Human Resource Research; , 1995

A national longitudinal study of the life experiences of the children of American mothers born between 1957 and 1964 collecting data on child health and development.

Data Sets

The effects of divorce and maternal employment on the home environments of preschool children
MacKinnon, Carol E.; Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda; , 1982

A study of 60 home environments of children whose mothers are married and working, married and non-working, or divorced and working

Reports & Papers

Maternal employment and child cognitive outcomes: The importance of analytic approach
Burchinal, Margaret; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; , September 2007

A reconciliation of the disparate findings of two studies on the effects of maternal employment in infancy on cognitive outcomes of children participating in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Reports & Papers

Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

An examination of the associations between four aspects of nonmaternal infant child care, age of entry, amount, type, and quality, and preexisting family characteristics, economics, and psychosocial factors

Reports & Papers

Teacher qualifications, classroom practices, family characteristics, and preschool experience: Complex effects on first graders' vocabulary and early reading outcomes
Connor, Carol McDonald; Son, Seung-Hee; Hindman, Annemarie H.; Morrison, Frederick J.; , 2005

A study of the association of teacher qualification and observed classroom practice as they relate to children’s vocabulary and early reading skills, based on an ecological model incorporating children’s language and word recognition skills prior to school entry, their home and preschool learning environments, and family socio-economic status

Reports & Papers

Long-term effects of Head Start on academic and school outcomes of children in persistent poverty: Girls vs. boys
Joo, Myungkook , June 2010

A comparison of reading and math achievement and rates of school suspension, expulsion, or grade repetitions between boys and girls ages 7 through 17, who had participated in either Head Start or private preschool, based on a secondary analysis of data collected from 599 chronically poor participants in a national longitudinal survey

Reports & Papers

Quasi-structural estimation of a model of childcare choices and child cognitive ability production
Bernal, Raquel; Keane, Michael; , May 2010

A study of the relationship between children's cognitive development through age 6 and maternal vs. non-maternal care providers' time inputs from a sample of single mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Reports & Papers

Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 1997

An analysis of the familial, social, economic, and psychological factors associated with child care type and quality for infants, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase I, 1991-1995 [United States]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2010

The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared.

Data Sets

It takes time: Impacts of Early Head Start that lead to reductions in maternal depression two years later
Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Ayoub, Catherine; Pan, Barbara A.; Roggman, Lori A.; Raikes, Helen; McKelvey, Lorraine; Whiteside-Mansell, Leanne; Hart, Andrea D.; , March/April 2007

A study of the effect of Early Head Start participation on levels of maternal depression at the time of school entry, based on data collected at 17 Early Head Start programs nationwide

Reports & Papers

Income changes and cognitive stimulation in young children's home learning environments
Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; , 2003

An analysis of the influence of household income on cognitive stimulation in children’s home learning environments during the transition to school

Reports & Papers

The multisite evaluation of the Parents as Teachers home visiting program: Three-year findings from one community
Wagner, Mary; Iida, Elizabeth E.; Spiker, Donna; , August 2001

A longitudinal evaluation of the effects of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visiting program on child development, use of health care, and the parenting skills, based on a sample of 206 families with infant children from a local Parents as Teachers program site

Reports & Papers

Child Care HOME Inventories
Bradley, Robert H.; Caldwell, Bettye M.; Corwyn, Robert F.; , Fall 2003

Instruments

The role of environment in the development of reading skills: A longitudinal study of preschool and school-age measures
Molfese, Victoria J.; Modglin, Arlene A.; Molfese, Dennis L.; , January/February 2003

A longitudinal study of the effects of young children's home and school environments on their later literacy development

Reports & Papers

Mixed approach programs in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project: An in-depth view
Robinson, JoAnn; Klute, Mary M.; Faldowski, Richard A.; Pan, Barbara A.; Rector-Staerkel, Edna J. (Fredi); Summers, Jean Ann; Wall, Shavaun; , November 2009

An examination of challenges faced by providers in the service delivery to families of 6 mixed approach programs, parent reported variety and intensity of service receipt over time and across program approaches, and the impact of the type and timing of receipt of Early Head Start services on child and family outcomes at 36 months through a secondary analysis of data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project of 1,392 families respondents to at least one of three parent interviews on service intensity

Reports & Papers

Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2001

An examination of connections among child care experiences, family characteristics, and early childhood developmental outcomes, based on a study of 1100 children followed from birth to age 7

Reports & Papers

Poverty and patterns of child care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 1997

A discussion of infant child care experience, particularly the effects of family characteristics on hours spent in care, family income and poverty status, and whether these can accurately predict patterns of child care

Reports & Papers

Maternal nonstandard work schedules and child cognitive outcomes
Han, Wen-Jui; , 2005

A study to determine whether maternal work schedules have an effect on children's cognitive outcomes, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC)

Reports & Papers

The impacts of welfare reform on children: The Indiana welfare reform evaluation
Indiana. Division of Family and Children; , 2002

An evaluation of the impacts of welfare reform on children in Indiana

Reports & Papers

Type of day-care and preschool intellectual development in disadvantaged children
Burchinal, Margaret; Lee, Marvin W.; Ramey, Craig T.; , 1989

A study of the levels and patterns of preschool intellectual development of three groups of socioeconomically disadvantaged children in three different types of center-based child care

Reports & Papers

Family selection of child care centers: The influence of household support, ethnicity, and parental practices
Fuller, Bruce; Holloway, Susan D.; Liang, Xiaoyan; , 1996

A study of the relationship between the selection of center-based child care and household composition, race, and parenting beliefs, based on data collected from a sample of families from across the United States

Reports & Papers

The NICHD Study of Early Child Care: Contexts of development and developmental outcomes over the first seven years of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2003

A description of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care’s examination of the relationship between child care and children's development over the first seven years of life

Reports & Papers

Child care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns [Abridged]
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Kelly, Jean F.; , 2005

A study of employment and child care characteristics, concerns, and problems in a sample of 166 families with children with diagnosed disabilities by 12 months old, as compared to a sample of 139 typically developing children and their families from the Seattle site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Relationships among parenting knowledge, quality of stimulation in the home and infant development
Parks, Peggy L.; Smeriglio, Vincent L.; , 1986

A study of factors of infant development such as parenting knowledge and quality of stimulation in the home environment

Reports & Papers

Telling stories and making books: Evidence for an intervention to help parents in Migrant Head Start families support their children's language and literacy
Boyce, Lisa K.; Innocenti, Mark S.; Roggman, Lori A.; Jump, Vonda K.; Ortiz, Eduardo; , May 2010

A study of mothers' language supportive behavior and childrens' words during shared narratives for 75 Spanish-speaking preschoolers in attendance at a Migrant Head Start program randomly assigned to Storytelling for the Home Enrichment of Language and Literacy Skills (SHELLS) or control conditions

Reports & Papers

Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections from 3 to 41/2 years old in a sample of approximately 1,100 children

Reports & Papers

The prevention of intellectual impairment in children of impoverished families: Findings of a randomized trial of educational day care
Martin, Sandra L.; Ramey, Craig T.; Ramey, Sharon L.; , 1990

An evaluation of an experimental education program concerning mild mental retardation on the intellectual development of preschool-age children from 86 high-risk families

Reports & Papers

Depressive symptoms in young adults: The influences of the early home environment and early educational child care
McLaughlin, Andrea E.; Campbell, Frances A.; Pungello, Elizabeth Puhn; Skinner, Martie; , May/June 2007

An examination of the relationship among depressive symptoms in young adults, quality of early home environment and early educational child care using adults from the age-21 longitudinal follow up of participants in the Abecedarian study

Reports & Papers

Head Start Performance Standards and their relationship to key Early Head Start programs aims
Armijo, Eduardo J. , 2004

A study of how much Head Start Performance Standards correspond with the ability of a local agency to deliver services, and how these services are related to children's outcomes

Reports & Papers

The infant-toddler HOME in the 2nd and 3rd years of life
Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Han, Wen-Jui; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; , 2004

A description of the development of subscales of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Infant and Toddler version using data from three large scale national studies

Reports & Papers

Children's early child care and their mothers' later involvement with schools
Crosnoe, Robert; Augustine, Jennifer March; Huston, Aletha C.; , March/April 2012

A study of the relationship between quality and type of early child care children attend and their mother's involvement at their children's elementary schools, with an examination of the influence of children's social skills, academic skills, and home environments on that relationship, based on data from 1,353 children, 1 month through 6 years old, from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Reports & Papers

Quality of child care in the preschool years: A comparison of the influence of home care and day care characteristics on child outcome
Pierrehumbert, Blaise; Ramstein, Tatjana; Karmaniola, Athanassia; Miljkovitch, Raphaele; Halfon, Olivier , 2002

A comparison of home care and non-parental child care (NPC) characteristics on children’s developmental outcomes

Reports & Papers

National impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program: Final report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families; , 1997

The final report from the National Impact Evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), which discusses the theoretical aims of the project, as well as the results of the project evaluation

Reports & Papers

Maternal employment and child cognitive outcomes in the first three years of life: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Han, Wen-Jui; Waldfogel, Jane; , 2002

A study of the relationship between maternal employment in the first year of life to child cognitive outcomes and outcomes are mediated by the quality of childcare or home environment experienced by the child during the first three years of life based on longitudinal data collected from the National Institute for Child Health and Development

Reports & Papers

Cognitive skill performance among young children living in poverty: Risk, change, and the promotive effects of Early Head Start
Ayoub, Catherine; Rappolt-Schlichtmann, Gabrielle; Vallotton, Claire; Raikes, Helen; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; O'Connor, Erin , Q3 2009

An examination of the association between risk factors and the cognitive performance in children 1 to 3 years of age living in poverty and an investigation of the effects of Early Head Start on children’s cognitive skill performance, based on data from the Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project, a prospective study of 3,001 children and families living in poverty

Reports & Papers

Early child care and children's development in the primary grades: Follow-up results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A follow-up investigation into the effects of the quality, quantity, and type of child care on children’s development through primary school, using longitudinal data collected on child care settings and children's cognitive and social functioning

Reports & Papers

The relation of child care to cognitive and language development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

An abridged reprint of a study of the relationship between cognitive and language development and quality, amount, and type of child care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2003

A study of the relationship between experience in child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months

Reports & Papers

Children, families and nursery provision
Kelly, Barbara; , 1995

A study of the use of ecological theory and integrated nurseries to stabilize the perceptions that vulnerable families held of traditional and integrated provision in the United Kingdom and the United States

Reports & Papers

NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase IV, 2005-2008 [United States]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2010

The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared.

Data Sets

Early language and the development of children's reading skills
Poe, Michele; Burchinal, Margaret; Roberts, Joanne E.; , 2004

A longitudinal study of African American children's language and reading development to examine the relations among phonological awareness, language skills, print processing skills, and reading development in prekindergarten and in second grade

Reports & Papers

Parental work schedules and children's cognitive trajectories
Han, Wen-Jui; Fox, Liana E.; , October, 2011

A study of the associations between parental nonstandard work schedules and children's reading and math trajectories measured at ages 5 and 6 and at 13 and 14 and an examination of the possible mediating influences of after school care, parent-child relationship quality, and home environment, based on data from 7,105 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Reports & Papers

Effects of day care on the development of cognitive abilities in 8-year-olds: A longitudinal study
Broberg, Anders G.; Wessels, Holger; Lamb, Michael E.; Hwang, C. Philip; , 1997

An article on the effects of type and quality of child care on the cognitive abilities of eight-year-old children.

Reports & Papers

Cognitive stimulation: Does it mediate or moderate the relationship between income and school readiness?
Blasberg, Amy , April 06, 2010

A study of the moderating or mediating influence of cognitive stimulation activities such as educational outings and home literacy activities on the relationship between school readiness and socioeconomic status based on data from primary caregiver interviews of children 4- through 6-years-old before kindergarten entry

Reports & Papers

Closing the gap in academic readiness and achievement: The role of early childcare
Geoffroy, Marie-Claude; Cote, Sylvana; Giguere, Charles-Edouard; Dionne, Ginette; Zelazo, Philip David; Tremblay, Richard E.; Boivin, Michel; Seguin, Jean R.; , December 2010

A longitudinal comparison of school readiness and academic achievement of children who either did or did not participate in child care, for children with and without a social disadvantage, measured at kindergarten and in first grade, based on data collected from over 900 children from a Quebec birth cohort study

Reports & Papers

Associations among family environment, sustained attention, and school readiness for low-income children
Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; , 2010

A study of sustained attention as a mediator of the relationship between family environment and school readiness, based on data from 1,046 low income children, with family environment data collected at 3-years-old and both attention and school readiness data collected at 5-years of age

Reports & Papers

Healthy Steps National Evaluation
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; ,

A longitudinal evaluation of Healthy Steps for Young Children, an initiative to increase collaboration between parents and health care professionals

Major Research Projects

Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 1998

A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children

Reports & Papers

Patchworks and developmental sequences of child care: The impacts of multiple child care arrangements on child development
Morrissey, Taryn; , August 2008

Investigations of the family characteristics and child developmental outcomes associated with the use of multiple and concurrent child care arrangements, and a study of the school readiness of children who receive home- or center-based care, or who transition from home-based to center-based care

Reports & Papers

The impact of maternal mental health on parenting quality and child outcomes in Early Head Start
Kelley, Catherine E. , April 15, 2010

A study of the relationship between maternal depression, parenting quality and a variety of child development outcomes and an examination of the relationship between participation in Early Head Start and maternal depression, parenting, and a variety of child development outcomes from a secondary analysis of data from Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study

Reports & Papers

Relations between parenting quality and cognitive performance of children experiencing varying amounts of childcare
Adi-Japha, Esther; Klein, Pnina S.; , May/June 2009

An inquiry into the correlation between parenting quality, children’s cognitive development, and time in child care, based on a subsample of 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC) who primarily received maternal care, moderate amounts of nonmaternal care, and high amounts of nonmaternal care

Reports & Papers

Losing the safety net: How a time-limited welfare policy affects families at risk of reaching time limits
Morris, Pamela A.; Hendra, Richard; , March 2009

An account of the development of a risk index for single mothers at risk of reaching the time limit of a welfare program, and a study of the effect of welfare transition time limits on child care choice, parental employment and income, quality of home environment, parental aggravation and depression, parenting harshness, parental monitoring of children, children's health, behavior, and engagement and achievement in school, among families likely to reach welfare time limits, based on data collected in Escambia County, Florida during the implementation of the state's Family Transition Program (FTP)

Reports & Papers

Early educational intervention, early cumulative risk, and the early home environment as predictors of young adult outcomes within a high-risk sample
Pungello, Elizabeth Puhn; Kainz, Kirsten; Burchinal, Margaret; Wasik, Barbara H.; Sparling, Joseph; Ramey, Craig T.; Campbell, Frances A.; , January/February 2010

An examination effects of the Abecedarian study and the CARE study, two randomized trials of early intervention, on young adult outcomes and an examination of the possible mediators of early cumulative risk and the early home environment in a sample of 139 young adults at age 21, from high-risk families enrolled as infants

Reports & Papers

Does higher quality early child care promote low-income children's math and reading achievement in middle childhood?
Dearing, Eric; McCartney, Kathleen; Taylor, Beck A. , September/October 2009

A longitudinal investigation of the role of attendance in high quality child care as a moderating factor between family economic status and children's academic success in elementary school, based on a sample of 1,364 children followed from birth to age 11

Reports & Papers

Implications of Japan's center-based night care: A 1-year follow-up
Anme, Tokie; Segal, Uma A.; , December 2007

A longitudinal study of the effects of licensed center-based extended-hour child care, and the quality of parent behavior, on the social, vocabulary, motor, and intelligence development of a sample of 866 children in Japan

Reports & Papers

Academic and cognitive functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with concurrent home and classroom experiences
Downer, Jason T.; Pianta, Robert C.; , March 2006

A study of the association between academic and cognitive development of first graders and the quantity and quality of child care, home learning environment, family demographics, and maternal characteristics of a sample of 832 children from 9 states

Reports & Papers

Multiple pathways to early academic achievement
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2004

A longitudinal study of how parenting, child care, and individual characteristics shaped children's academic and social abilities from birth to first grade, using date from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Reports & Papers

The development of perceived scholastic competence and global self-worth in African American adolescents from low-income families: The roles of family factors, early educational interaction, and academic experience
Campbell, Frances A.; Pungello, Elizabeth Puhn; Miller-Johnson, Shari; , 2002

An analysis of the relationship between early childhood factors and the development of early and mid-adolescent self-esteem among African American youths from low-income families

Reports & Papers

Language environments and language outcomes: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
McCartney, Kathleen; , 18 October, 2002

An overview of the purpose, methods, and findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, including study characteristics that set it apart from other large scale, longitudinal studies

Reports & Papers

Measuring infants' home environment: The IT-HOME for infants between birth and 12 months in four national data sets
Linver, Miriam R.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; , 2004

An analysis of the reliability and validity of newly derived subscales of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory for infants and toddlers using data from four national data sets

Reports & Papers

Impact of HIPPY on home learning environments of Latino families
Nievar, M. Angela; Jacobson, Arminta; Chen, Qi; Johnson, Ursula; Dier, Shannon; , Q3 2011

A study of the relationships between parental income, maternal education, parental efficacy, and parenting stress and depression and home environment and a second study of the impact of a Home Instruction of Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) paraprofessional home visiting program on home environment controlling for family background, both based on data from 104 low-income, Spanish-speaking families, and a third study of the relationship between participation in a HIPPY program and third grade reading and math performance, based on data from a different cohort of 115 former home visiting participants

Reports & Papers

The Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory: The derivation of conceptually designed subscales
Linver, Miriam R.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Cabrera, Natasha J.; , 2004

An overview of a special journal issue devoted to assessing the derivation, validity, and reliability of the subscales of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME)Inventory, using six large, nationally-representative datasets

Reports & Papers

Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2005

A comparison of early child care experiences and family factors, such as income-to-need ratio and mother’s psychological adjustment, as predictors of 2- and 3-year-olds’ self-control, compliance, and problem behavior outcomes

Reports & Papers

Productive activity and the prevention of behavior problems
Bradley, Robert H.; Corwyn, Robert F.; , 2005

An examination of the relationship between children's level of productive activity within home and school environments and their ability to self regulate, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC)

Reports & Papers

Neurocognitive perspectives in language outcomes of Early Head Start: Language and cognitive stimulation and maternal depression
Chapin, Laurie A.; Altenhofen, Shannon; , September/October 2010

A study of the relationships between child vocabulary and socioeconomic status, Early Head Start participation, and caregiver variables, based on data collected from 2,948 children and their primary caregivers at 17 locations across the country from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study

Reports & Papers

How home enrichment mediates the relationship between maternal education and children's achievement in reading and math
Yaghoub-Zadeh, Zohreh; Farnia, Fataneh; Ungerleider, Charles , July 2010

An examination of the mediating role of the home environment at age 4 on the association between maternal education and academic achievement in reading and math at age 7 based on a secondary analysis of longitudinal data from 1,093 children

Reports & Papers

Day-care participation as a protective factor in the cognitive development of low-income children
Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; DiPietro, Janet A.; Strobino, Donna M.; , 1994

A study of the impact of child care participation during the first 3 years of life on the cognitive functioning of low-income, school-age children

Reports & Papers

Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2003

A study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

Reports & Papers

Parental nurturance promotes reading acquisition in low socioeconomic status children
Merlo, Lisa J.; Bowman, Margo; Barnett, Douglas; , 2007

An examination of the contribution of parental nurturance to the development of literacy among at-risk preschool and elementary school children, based on self-reports and observational studies of 77 children attending Head Start, and their primary caregivers and teachers

Reports & Papers

Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood
Crosnoe, Robert; Leventhal, Tama; Wirth, R. J.; Pierce, Kim M.; Pianta, Robert C.; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network , May/June 2010

A study of the relationship between both math and reading achievement and growth and both family socioeconomic status and environmental stimulation at home, in preschool, in child care, and in 1st-grade classrooms, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 children

Reports & Papers

Early intervention: The moderating role of the home environment
Bradley, Robert H.; Burchinal, Margaret; Casey, Patrick H.; , 2001

An examination of the effect of young children's home environments on the impact of the Infant Health and Development Program, an early intervention program designed for at risk children from low income families

Reports & Papers

Incomes and outcomes in early childhood
Taylor, Beck A.; Dearing, Eric; McCartney, Kathleen; , 2004

An examination of the relationship between household income and developmental outcomes in early childhood, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC)

Reports & Papers

Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Early Childhood (EC) HOME
Caldwell, Bettye M.; Bradley, Robert H.; ,

Instruments

Parental engagement in home visiting programs: Findings from the Parents as Teachers multisite evaluation
Wagner, Mary; Spiker, Donna; Gerlach-Downie, Suzanne; Hernandez, Frances; , February 2000

An evaluation of the effects of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visiting program, on child development and parent knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, based on a sample of 667 families from three project sites,

Reports & Papers

Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children's development?
Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Vandell, Deborah L.; Burchinal, Margaret; O'Brien, Marion; McCartney, Kathleen; , 2002

An analysis of the links between regulable and nonregulable features of family child care homes and infants' and toddlers' cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care in poor communities: Early learning effects of type, quality, and stability
Loeb, Susanna; Fuller, Bruce; Kagan, Sharon Lynn; Carrol, Bidemi; , 2004

A longitudinal analysis of the effects of child care type, quality, and stability on the social and cognitive development of preschool children of low-income single mothers

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Developmental trajectories of Head Start children's reading and home environment scores: Across ethnicities
Lee, Kyunghee , July 2010

A study of the relationships between reading trajectories, ethnicity, and home environment from ages 5 through 6 up to ages 11 through 12, based on a secondary analysis of 696 Head Start participants from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

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Child care effects in context: Quality, stability, and multiplicity in nonmaternal child care arrangements during the first 15 months of life
Tran, Henry; Weinraub, Marsha; , 2006

A study of the effects of child care quality, stability, and multiplicity on infants’ attachment patterns and cognitive and language development at 15 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Infants' and toddlers' television viewing and language outcomes
Linebarger, Deborah L.; Walker, Dale; , 2005

A longitudinal study of the development of communicative behaviors of infants and toddlers as a result of interactions in both the home and child care setting, including an investigation of the association between linguistic inputs, in the form of televised messages, and infants’ and toddlers’ communicative ability

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Those who have, receive: The Matthew Effect in early childhood intervention in the home environment
Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.; Bradley, Robert H.; , 2005

A study assessing the impact of early childhood intervention services on home environments through studies that used the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory

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Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network; , 2001

An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems

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