Russian Immigrant Families’ Child Care Selection in the United States

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Author(s)Novikova, Ekaterina
Author(s)Hallam, Rena
Author(s)Pic, Annette
Date Accessioned2024-11-26T20:26:09Z
Date Available2024-11-26T20:26:09Z
Publication Date2024-11-16
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Early Childhood Education Journal. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01796-5. © The Author(s) 2024. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
AbstractResearch on immigrant populations shows that child care choices are dependent on the population’s region of origin. While the Russian immigrant population in the United States comprises the largest group of immigrants from Eastern Europe and is likely to increase in the future, there is virtually no research on Russian immigrant families’ child care search and selection criteria. This qualitative study applies the theoretical model of Pungello and Kurtz-Costes (1999), which illustrates how factors such as parental demographic characteristics, environmental context, child characteristics, and parental beliefs play into families’ child care selection. The study draws from semi-structured interviews with 11 Russian immigrant families residing in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States to examine their child care search processes and selection criteria. Results revealed that most parents found child care through friends’ recommendations, Internet search, and online reviews. Nine themes describing child care criteria valued by Russian immigrant families emerged from the analysis. Specifically, parents mentioned culture and personal beliefs, child characteristics, convenience, cost and subsidy, education and learning, program features, facilities and environment, teacher characteristics, and rating and reputation as the major factors in selecting child care. Understanding Russian immigrant parents’ child care information sources and selection criteria will allow for early care and education (ECE) providers to accommodate the needs of Russian immigrant population and for policymakers to facilitate access to ECE programs for these families.
SponsorThis research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
CitationNovikova, E., Hallam, R. & Pic, A. Russian Immigrant Families’ Child Care Selection in the United States. Early Childhood Educ J (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01796-5
ISSN1573-1707
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/35625
Languageen_US
PublisherEarly Childhood Education Journal
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywordschild care search
Keywordschild care selection
Keywordsrussian immigrant families
Keywordsyoung children
Keywordsparents
Keywordsearly care and education
TitleRussian Immigrant Families’ Child Care Selection in the United States
TypeArticle
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