• Table of Contents
• Executive summary
• 1. Child care and early education in Australia
• 2. Background to the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and methods
• 3. Patterns of care for the infant cohort
• 4. Family/child/community characteristics and patterns of care for the infant cohort
• 5. Patterns of care and early education for the child cohort
• 6. Family, child and community characteristics and patterns of care and early education for the child cohort
• 7. Contexts of care and early education
• 8. Infant and child outcomes
• 9. Overview
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Endnotes
• References
• List of tables
• List of figures

Child care and early education in Australia - The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

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