Community Contexts and Utilization of Early Childhood Care and Education among Mexican-Origin Children.

ABSTRACT: Children of Mexican origin are under-enrolled in early childhood education programs relative to Black and White children, which is problematic given the potential benefits of early childhood education. o better understand this under-enrollment in ways that can inform efforts to change it in the future, this study examined how utilization of early care and education programs varied among Mexican-origin families according to the community contexts where they lived. Integrating data on Mexican-origin children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- Birth Cohort (n = 1,100) with community data from the U.S. Census Bureau, logistic regressions revealed that the odds of enrollment in early care and education programs among Mexican-origin children increased as the supply of childcare ce

SUBMITTER: Ackert E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7450638 | biostudies-literature | 2020 3rd Quarter

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature