Providing child care to military families
Subtitle: the role of the demand formula in defining need and informing policy
By: Joy S. Moini, Gail L. Zellman, Susan M. Gates.
Contributors: Moini, Joy S.; Zellman, Gail.; Gates, Susan M., 1968-
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series -- MG-387-OSD.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780833039279
Subjects: United States. -- Dept. of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc.; Children of military personnel -- Care -- United States.; Employer-supported day care -- United States.; Day care centers -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The military child care system; title: The system provides significant subsidies for CDC use; title: The system provides special preference for dual military and single parent families; title: The DOD child care demand formula; title: Objectives; title: Measures of child care need; title: Child care use; title: Unmet need for care; title: Unmet preference; title: Child care and military readiness; title: Likelihood of leaving the military due to child care issues; title: The DOD formula and child care outcomes; title: Methodology; title: Organization of the report; title: Examining DOD child care demand formula assumptions; title: Data; title: Assumptions; title: Factors not included in formula; title: Issues examined in this study; title: Accuracy of the child care formula estimate; title: Military child care survey.