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Preventive Benefits of U.S. Childcare Subsidies in Supervisory Child Neglect
Author(s) -
MaguireJack Kathryn,
Purtell Kelly M.,
Showalter Kathryn,
Barnhart Sheila,
Yang MiYoun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12307
Subject(s) - subsidy , neglect , receipt , fragile families and child wellbeing study , child care , child neglect , welfare , psychology , child abuse , medicine , developmental psychology , environmental health , injury prevention , poison control , economics , psychiatry , nursing , accounting , market economy
Using data from age 3 of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the current study explores the complex relationships between U.S. childcare subsidies and neglect. Specifically, the study examines two research questions: (i) Are U.S. childcare subsidies associated with self‐reported neglect among low‐income mothers? (ii) What individual types of self‐reported neglect are significantly reduced by receipt of childcare subsidy? Using negative binomial regression examining the relationships among mothers who were income‐eligible for childcare subsidy, we found that childcare subsidy was associated with lower levels of supervisory neglect, indicating an important role of subsidy in the lives of low‐income families.