Designing a Household Survey to Address Seasonality in Child Care Arrangements

Autor/inn/en	Schmidt, Stefanie R.; Wang, Kevin H.; Sonenstein, Freya L.
Titel	Designing a Household Survey to Address Seasonality in Child Care Arrangements
Quelle	In: Evaluation Review, 32 (2008) 2, S.216-233 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-841X
DOI	10.1177/0193841X07311993
Schlagwörter	Child Care; Coordination; Organization; Scheduling; Telephone Surveys; Design; Temporary Employment; Summer Programs; Recall (Psychology); National Household Education Survey; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth; National Survey of Families and Households + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Koordination; Organisation; Organisationsstruktur; Disposition; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Zeitarbeit; Sommerkurs; Abberufung
Abstract	In household telephone surveys, a long field period may be required to maximize the response rate and achieve adequate sample sizes. However, long field periods can be problematic when measures of seasonally affected behavior are sought. Surveys of child care use are one example because child care arrangements vary by season. Options include varying the questions posed about school-year and summer arrangements or posing retrospective questions about child care use for the school year only. This article evaluates the bias associated with the use of retrospective questions about school-year child care arrangements in the 1999 National Survey of America's Families. The authors find little evidence of bias and hence recommend that future surveys use the retrospective approach. (Contains 4 tables and 10 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10