Hofferth S L
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA.
Future Child. 1996 Summer-Fall;6(2):41-61.
This article describes the consumers and providers of child care in the United States. It uses data from nationally representative surveys and research studies conducted from the late 1960s through 1995 to examine the child care arrangements parents select for their young children, comparing today's arrangements with those made by parents decades ago. It then discusses the availability of child care, examining both the number of child care spaces available and whether quality programs are available to suit the needs and resources of parents. The article concludes with speculation about how proposed new policies and continuing trends may lead to future changes in child care.
本文描述了美国儿童保育的消费者和提供者。它使用了从20世纪60年代末到1995年进行的具有全国代表性的调查和研究的数据，来考察父母为其幼儿选择的儿童保育安排，并将如今的安排与几十年前父母所做的安排进行比较。然后，它讨论了儿童保育的可获得性，既考察了可用的儿童保育空间数量，也考察了是否有优质项目来满足父母的需求和资源。文章最后推测了拟议的新政策和持续的趋势可能如何导致儿童保育的未来变化。
