Ackert Elizabeth, Ressler Robert, Ansari Arya, Crosnoe Robert
University of Texas at Austin.
University of Virginia.
Early Child Res Q. 2020;52(Pt A):4-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.09.008. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Children of Mexican origin are under-enrolled in early childhood education programs relative to Black and White children, which is problematic given the potential benefits of early childhood education. o better understand this under-enrollment in ways that can inform efforts to change it in the future, this study examined how utilization of early care and education programs varied among Mexican-origin families according to the community contexts where they lived. Integrating data on Mexican-origin children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- Birth Cohort ( 1,100) with community data from the U.S. Census Bureau, logistic regressions revealed that the odds of enrollment in early care and education programs among Mexican-origin children increased as the supply of childcare centers in their counties increased. Holding childcare center supply constant, their enrollment also increased as the percent of co-ethnic Latinos/as in the county increased, especially for children from the least acculturated Mexican-origin families. Overall, these results suggest that ethnic enclaves might link Mexican-origin families to early childhood care and education programs for their children and that this role might be most important for families least likely to be connected to U.S. institutions.
与黑人和白人儿童相比，墨西哥裔儿童在幼儿教育项目中的入学率较低。鉴于幼儿教育的潜在益处，这一情况存在问题。为了更好地理解这种入学率低的情况，以便为未来改变这一状况的努力提供参考，本研究考察了墨西哥裔家庭根据其居住的社区环境，在利用早期护理和教育项目方面是如何存在差异的。将幼儿纵向研究——出生队列（1100名）中墨西哥裔儿童的数据与美国人口普查局的社区数据相结合，逻辑回归分析显示，随着所在县儿童保育中心的供应增加，墨西哥裔儿童参加早期护理和教育项目的几率也会增加。在儿童保育中心供应保持不变的情况下，随着所在县同种族拉丁裔人口比例的增加，他们的入学率也会上升，尤其是对于来自文化适应程度最低的墨西哥裔家庭的儿童。总体而言，这些结果表明，种族飞地可能会将墨西哥裔家庭与其子女的幼儿护理和教育项目联系起来，而且这一作用对于最不可能与美国机构建立联系的家庭可能最为重要。
