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Cost, Quality & Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study
(Suzanne Helburn
et al.)
The study staff collected data in
1993 from 100 child care centers in each of 4 states: California, Colorado,
Connecticut, and North Carolina (a total of 400 centers). Half of the
centers were for-profit, the other half were non-profit.
The study staff also tested 826 individual children for their development
outcomes (receptive language, pre-math, and social skills) in both 1993
and 1994.
Quotes from the study:
"...provides the first comprehensive econometric and psychometric analysis
of child care and children's outcomes."
"...most child care is mediocre in quality, sufficiently poor to interfere
with children's emotional and intellectual development."
"...there are few economic incentives for centers to improve quality."
"FINDING 1: Child care at most centers in the United States is poor
to mediocre, with almost half of the infants and toddlers in rooms having
less than minimal quality."
ATTENTION: There are three
versions of the report (under the same title)
currently available.
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- Technical Report, April 1995, 350
pages, ($50.00)
- Public Report, April 1995, 86 pages, ($25.00)
- Executive Summary, April 1995, 17 pages, ($15.00)
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Bicycling and Walking in Colorado:
Economic Impact and Household Survey Results
(L. Argys and N. Mocan)
This report provides statistical
information regarding the economic impact of bicycling in Colorado, and
documents bicycling behaviors and attitudes of residents of Colorado.
This information can be used to inform policymakers of the importance
of bicycling both economically and as a mode of transportation and means
of recreations for Colorado residents. Analysis of these data can also
provide insight into the factors that prevent Coloradoans from bicycling,
and improvements that can be made to facilitate bicycling as a means of
transportation.
Beginning in the Fall 1998, the Colorado Department of Transportation
(CDOT) contracted with the Center for Research in Economic and Social
Policy (CRESP) at the University of Colorado - Denver, to conduct phone
and mail surveys of bicycle manufacturers, retail bicycle shops, and ski
resort operators in Colorado. This information is used to summarize the
impact of bicycling on the Colorado economy in the form of production,
sales, jobs, income and tax revenue. In March 1999, CDOT and CRESP sent
nearly 40,000 surveys to randomly selected Colorado households. The nearly
6,000 completed surveys provide a wide range of information regarding
bicycling behavior, attitudes and preferences.
L. Argys and N. Mocan,
Bicycling and Walking in Colorado: Economic Impact and Household Survey
Results, April 2000, Commissioned by: The Colorado Department of Transportation,
198 pages.
The
technical report or executive summary can be downloaded free
of charge at:
http://www.dot.state.co.us/bikeped/BikeWalkStudy.htm
How To Order?
1. In order to place an order for
the Cost, Quality & Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, please
contact Christine Lukvec at (303) 556-4413 or send an email at
christine.lukvec@ucdenver.edu
including your postal address and the publications in which you are interested.
Contact Info:
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Christine
Lukvec
E-mail: christine.lukvec@ucdenver.edu
Phone: (303) 556-4413
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2. After receiving the order we send the
reports with an enclosed invoice by standard post. There is no charge
for postage. Send check or money order, made payable
to: "Cost and Quality Study" to:
Postal Address:
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REPORTS
University of Colorado at Denver
Campus Box 181, PO Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364 |
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