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New Americans Child Care Choices of Parents of English Language Learners
Title
New Americans [electronic resource] Child Care Choices of Parents of English Language Learners Helen Ward, Erin Oldham LaChance, Julie Atkins
Edition
2012-07-03
Published
Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2012
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Maine
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<list type="bulleted"> <itm>Maine Child Care Provider survey - All preschool teachers on a list compiled from child care resource and referral agencies for two counties in Maine.</itm> <itm>Maine Brief Training Survey - Child care providers attending Resource and Referral county-wide training in Maine.</itm> <itm>Colorado Child Care Provider survey - All preschool teachers on a list compiled from child care resource and referral agencies for five counties in Colorado.</itm> <itm>Maine Teacher Survey - All kindergarten, first grade, and second grade teachers in four cities in Maine.</itm></list>
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Summary
Immigration to this country has increased significantly in recent years. While Mexican immigrants are the largest population of immigrants in the United States (39 percent), the rest of the population is widely varied, with no one nation accounting for more than 3 percent of all immigrants. Despite the significant benefits quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs offer to immigrant children, their rates of enrollment are significantly lower than for comparable children of United States-born parents. In order to better address the needs of these new American families, providers and state policymakers need more in-depth knowledge about the perceptions of these families and the factors that influence their choice of care. This study is an exploratory study in two cities which reflect the diversity of experience with immigration across the country: Denver, Colorado and surrounding areas, where the focus is on Mexican immigrants, and Portland, Maine and surrounding areas, where the focus is on three of the many refugee populations which have newly settled here. The contrasts, not only in the immigrant populations themselves, but also in the political and historical contexts of the communities in which they live, offer an opportunity to enrich the field of research on child care choices for this vulnerable population of children and families. Additional details about this study can be found on the <a href="http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/newamericans/index.html">New Americans</a> Web site. Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33901.v1
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2019
Series
ICPSR 33901
Contents
Maine Child Care Provider Survey Data
Maine Teacher Survey Data
Maine Brief Training Survey Data
Colorado Child Care Provider Survey Data
Colorado Teacher Survey (Survey tool only)
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