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Wiley, Journal of Marriage and Family, 5(71), p. 1340-1348, 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00672.x

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Employer-Supported Child Care: Who Participates?

Journal article published in 2009 by Taryn W. Morrissey, Mildred E. Warner ORCID
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Abstract

Child-care vouchers are becoming more common and can provide child-care assistance to a wide spectrum of the population. There is little empirical research, however, on which workers participate in their employer's child-care programs. In this exploratory study, employees with children at 1 large university completed questionnaires to gather information on their child-care arrangements and their experience with the employer's child-care voucher program (N = 949). Results indicate that the employees who were most in need of child-care assistance in terms of family structure, job type, and child-care expenses were more likely to receive vouchers. Federal policy limiting the structure of employer-sponsored voucher programs appeared to present barriers to participation for certain groups of employees.