Decision-Making of Mothers in Hong Kong Regarding the Occasional Use of Alternative Child-Care Arrangements |
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Authors: | Vicky C. W. Tam Kathryn D. Rettig |
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Affiliation: | (1) Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong;(2) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
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Abstract: | This study examines the use of alternative child-care arrangements as an everyday life decision in a family context. Interviews with twenty-four mothers from a working class neighborhood in a new town in Hong Kong were transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Results of the analysis outlined: (a) the structural components of making a decision regarding alternative care, which consisted of demands, resource options, definitions of the situation, types of decision situations, and the respective decision-making strategies; and (b) the nature of decision-making processes, varying from ad hoc to standing. Together, these aspects illuminate how mothers make decisions regarding the use of alternative child-care arrangements and, in turn, the characteristics of family decision-making in everyday life. |
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Keywords: | decision-making alternative child care grounded theory Hong Kong |
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