Struggling to Pay the Bills: Using Mixed-Methods to Understand Families' Financial Stress and Child Care Costs

Struggling to Pay the Bills: Using Mixed-Methods to Understand Families' Financial Stress and Child Care Costs

Author(s)
Deana Grobe
Roberta B. Weber
Elizabeth E. Davis
Ellen K. Scott
Organizational Affiliation(s)
Oregon State University
University of Minnesota
University of Oregon
Publication Date

Abstract

This study examines parents' financial stress associated with obtaining care for young children while employed in unstable low-wage jobs. The child care subsidy program aims to both improve child care quality and support employment, and we expect that a substantial infusion of resources into this program would reduce parents' financial stress.

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Oregon Child Care Research Partnership
Telephone
541.737.5373