Product Description: Produced under the auspices of the Section on the Sociology of Children and Youth of the American Sociological Association, this volume provides a cohesive, wide-ranging source of information on the life courses of children and youths...read more

Product Description: A volume in the American Sociological Association's Issue Series on Research and Social Policy. This volume offers rich insights into the effects of some of the major social and economic trends that have dramatically altered children's lives over the past century and half...read more

Product Description: Book by Hofferth, Sandra L., West, Jerry, Henke, Robin (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Using data from the National Child Care Survey 1990 and its low-income supplement, this report examines the care arrangements of children under age 13 in families with annual incomes below $15,000. The study represents over 6 million low-income households with children under age 13 and the 12 million children under age 13 in these families...read more

Product Description: Using data from the National Child Care Survey 1990 and its low-income supplement, this report examines the care arrangements of children under age 13 in families with annual incomes below $15,000. The study represents over 6 million low-income households with children under age 13 and the 12 million children under age 13 in these families...read more

Product Description: Addresses a large gap in our understanding of the employment patterns of mothers and the care of children while they work. It presents, for the first time, data on forms of care used for infants and toddlers, arrangements for school-age children, and the variety of preschool programs for three- to five-year-olds...read more