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Title: Supporting a Diverse and Culturally Competent Workforce: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care Research-Based Rationale

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Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: Approximately 18 percent of Hispanic families, 13 percent of Asian families, 13 percent of black families, and 11 percent of white non-Hispanic families include a child under age 3. 4 In recent years, immigration has accelerated diversity among the infant/toddler population.5 One in four children under age 3 live in an immigrant family (i.e., one comprised of one or more foreign-born parents).6 Approximately 62 percent of immigrant families with children under 3 have origins in Latin America and the Caribbean, representing many countries and many distinct languages.7 Approximately one of seven babies and toddlers in the U.S. have a parent who speaks limited English,8 indicating that a language other than English is likely to be spoken in the home. The extent to which infants and toddlers in these households are exposed also to English—for example, through sibling interactions or in child care or other settings—varies considerably. . .

Url: http://research.policyarchive.org/13792.pdf

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Authors: Matthews, Hannah

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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