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More Daughters in Child Care? Child Gender and the Use of Nonrelative Child Care Arrangements

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  • Bridget Hiedemann
  • Jutta M. Joesch
  • Elaina Rose

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Objectives. This article examines whether families with white mothers make different child care decisions for sons than for daughters before the children start school. Methods. We estimate logistic regressions of the use of nonrelative child care for the youngest child in the family six years old or younger with data from the 1990 National Child Care Survey. Results. We find that girls are significantly more likely than boys to be in regular, nonrelative care when they are between three and six years old. Conclusions. Recent evidence from the United States indicates that child gender influences various aspects of family dynamics. These differences tend to put boys at an advantage. Our findings add to this literature by showing that child care decisions are also related to child gender. Gender differences in the use of child care may reflect appropriate responses to children's developmental needs. However, they may contribute to gender differences in children's well‐being.

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  • Bridget Hiedemann & Jutta M. Joesch & Elaina Rose, 2004. "More Daughters in Child Care? Child Gender and the Use of Nonrelative Child Care Arrangements," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 85(1), pages 154-168, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:85:y:2004:i:1:p:154-168
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.08501011.x
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    1. Margaret L. Usdansky & Douglas A. Wolf, 2009. "Missing Work and Quitting Work: Child Care-Related Employment Problems," Working Papers 922, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
    2. Amar Hamoudi & Jenna Nobles, 2014. "Do Daughters Really Cause Divorce? Stress, Pregnancy, and Family Composition," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(4), pages 1423-1449, August.
    3. Michael J. Kottelenberg & Steven F. Lehrer, 2018. "Does Quebecs subsidized child care policy give boys and girls an equal start?," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 51(2), pages 627-659, May.
    4. repec:pri:crcwel:wp06-20-ff is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Lin, Ching-Hsuan & Wiley, Angela R., 2017. "The relationship of relative child care and parenting behaviors in fragile families," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 130-138.

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