Employer‐Supported Child Care: Who Participates? |
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Authors: | Taryn W Morrissey Mildred E Warner |
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Institution: | 1. Society for Research in Child Development;2. Cornell University *;3. Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, 215 W. Sibley Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853. |
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Abstract: | Child‐care vouchers are becoming more common and can provide child‐care assistance to a wide spectrum of the population. There is little empirical research, however, on which workers participate in their employer's child‐care programs. In this exploratory study, employees with children at 1 large university completed questionnaires to gather information on their child‐care arrangements and their experience with the employer's child‐care voucher program (N = 949). Results indicate that the employees who were most in need of child‐care assistance in terms of family structure, job type, and child‐care expenses were more likely to receive vouchers. Federal policy limiting the structure of employer‐sponsored voucher programs appeared to present barriers to participation for certain groups of employees. |
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Keywords: | child‐care arrangements families and work family policy logistic regression work‐family balance |
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