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Abstract #302536

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Activity Number:	469
Type:	Invited
Date/Time:	Thursday, August 11, 2005 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor:	Caucus for Women in Statistics
Abstract - #302536
Title:	Measuring Child Care: The Validity of Parental Reports
Author(s):	Jerry West*+
Companies:	National Center for Education Statistics
Address:	1990 K Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20006, United States
Keywords:	longitudinal studies ; child care ; validation studies
Abstract:	Researchers who study young children often rely on parents for information about children's early care and education. Parents often are asked whether their child receives child care on a regular basis and if their child attends one of several types of early childhood programs. While it is common for surveys to include such questions, the validity of the survey data often is not directly assessed because of the cost and difficulty of implementing verification studies. This paper uses data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) to evaluate the quality of the information parents provide about their children's early care and education. The ECLS conducts followup surveys and uses other methodologies to verify the information supplied by survey respondents. Special attention is given to parent reports of children's attendance at Head Start, the largest federally-sponsored preschool program. The paper examines the quality of parental reports and the characteristics of respondents associated with over- and under-reporting of children's early care and education. It describes promising features and shortcomings of the approaches used to verify survey reports.

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