Marie?Claude Geoffroy|Jean R. Séguin|Éric Lacourse|Michel Boivin|Richard E. Tremblay|Sylvana M. Côté
Parental Characteristics Associated With Childcare Use During the First 4 Years of Life: Results From a Representative Cohort of Québec Families
University College London|Université de Montréal|Université de Montréal|Université Laval|Université de Montréal|Université de Montréal
studies shown children growing socioeconomically disadvantaged families poorer cognitive scores children growing advantaged families highquality childcare services reduce gap effect may attenuated however disadvantaged families less likely betteroff families use childcare use childcare lower quality aim study identify factors related parental decisions use formal informal childcare data obtained qubec longitudinal study child development birth cohort children born 19971998 canadian province qubec n1504 children receiving formal eg family centre informal eg grandparents aunt nanny childcare 5 months 4 years age compared receiving exclusively parental care key psychosocioeconomic family factors maternal unemployment pregnancy younger maternal age initiation childbearing higher number siblings eg 2 related lower probability child receiving either formal informal childcare compared parental care addition low levels maternal education higher levels overprotection lower levels home stimulation related lower probability child receiving formal childcare informal childcare insufficient income associated childcare use maternal education maternal employment main socioeconomic barriers childcare participation province offering lowcost childcare services future initiatives may consider prioritizing childcare access underserved children eg literacybased interventions facilitate access