CHANGES IN CHILD CARE AND CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN

在这个项目中，我们将调查儿童保育的变化模式 马来西亚半岛30年期间的选择及其影响 当代马来西亚儿童发展中的托儿选择。 大量研究表明， 儿童保育对儿童的发展有着重要的影响。我们知道 关于这些影响的规模和重要性，在 美国和欧洲以外的国家，特别是发展中国家 历史上有着截然不同的经济模式的国家 和家庭组织。这项计划的具体目标是：1. 描述并解释儿童保育变化的潜在原因 对马来西亚幼儿的安排；3.评估 关于当代马来西亚儿童福祉的托儿安排； 3.评估托儿安排对儿童健康的影响- 身处当代马来西亚。这个项目的数据来自第一个 马来西亚家庭生活调查(MFLS-1)1976-77年间进行，MFLS-2 1988年进行，拟议的MFLS-3计划在1999年进行。我们也 建议在深入访谈中收集定性信息，并 由父母、祖父母和儿童保育者组成的焦点小组 这个项目的。我们的结果将为我们提供对 随着时间的推移，家庭结构和家庭组织的变化过程 并跨越几代人，以及证据表明结论是否得出 在美国和欧洲以前的工作中关于儿童保育的内容适用于 发展中国家。

In this project, we will investigate patterns of change in child care choice during a 30 year period in Peninsular Malaysia, and the effects of the child care choice in contemporary Malaysia on children's development. A large body of research suggests that the quality and characteristics of child care have significant effects on children's development. W know considerable less about the magnitude and importance of these effects in countries outside the US and Europe, and especially in developing countries which historically have had quite different patterns of economic and family organization. The specific aims of this project are: 1. to describe and explain the reason underlying changes in child care arrangements for young children in Malaysia; 3. to estimate the effects of child care arrangements on children's well-being in contemporary Malaysia; 3. to estimate the effects of child care arrangements on children's well- being in contemporary Malaysia. Data for this project come from the first Malaysia Family Life Survey (MFLS-1) conduct in 1976-77, the MFLS-2 conducted in 1988, and the proposed MFLS-3 planned for 1999. We also propose to collect qualitative information in in-depth interviews and focus groups with parents, grandparents, and child care providers as part of this project. Our results will provide important insights into the process of change in family structure and family organization over time and across generations, and evidence about whether conclusions reached about child care in previous work in the US and Europe are applicable in developing countries.