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Providing child care to military families : the role of the demand formula in defining need and informing policy
Title
Providing child care to military families : the role of the demand formula in defining need and informing policy / Joy S. Moini, Gail L. Zellman, Susan M. Gates.
ISBN
083303927X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006.
Physical Description
xxv, 112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"MG-387."
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction
The military child care system
The system provides significant subsidies for CDC use
The system provides special preference for dual military and single parent families
The DOD child care demand formula
Objectives
Measures of child care need
Child care use
Unmet need for care
Unmet preference
Child care and military readiness
Likelihood of leaving the military due to child care issues
The DOD formula and child care outcomes
Methodology
Organization of the report
Examining DOD child care demand formula assumptions
Data
Assumptions
Factors not included in formula
Issues examined in this study
Accuracy of the child care formula estimate
Military child care survey.
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