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How To Conduct a Multi-Method Study: Using FF to Understand Childcare Centers in New York

How To Conduct a Multi-Method Study: Using FF to Understand Childcare Centers in New York. Mario L. Small Department of Sociology Princeton University www.princeton.edu/~msmall. Outline. Objective : To demonstrate use of FF with other data Outline: 1. Description of study

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How To Conduct a Multi-Method Study: Using FF to Understand Childcare Centers in New York

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  1. How To Conduct a Multi-Method Study:Using FF to Understand Childcare Centers in New York Mario L. Small Department of Sociology Princeton University www.princeton.edu/~msmall

  2. Outline • Objective: To demonstrate use of FF with other data • Outline: • 1. Description of study • 2. Justification of need for multiple sources • 3. How FF was used • 4. Questions added to FF • 5. Some preliminary data

  3. The study • Main question: Are childcare centers neighborhood institutions? • Motivations: • Intellectual curiosity: early fieldwork • Urban poverty: neighborhood institutions • Organizations: inter-org. networks • Networks: networking • Policy: access

  4. Two levels of analysis • The center: • 1. How many centers do? • 2. Which do and which do not? • 3. Why?

  5. Two levels of analysis • The center: • 1. How many centers do? • 2. Which do and which do not? • 3. Why? • The individual: • 1. How many parents do? • 2. Which do and which do not? • 3. Why?

  6. Two levels of analysis • The center: Data req. • 1. How many centers do? quant • 2. Which do and which do not? qnt/ql • 3. Why? qnt/ql • The individual: • 1. How many parents do? quant • 2. Which do and which do not? qnt/ql • 3. Why? qnt/ql

  7. Sources

  8. Topics of questions added (I01-I1) • Type of childcare used • If center is used, whether center holds parent meetings • Frequency of attendance • Information or resources obtained at meetings • Number of new network ties from center • Strength of new ties • Neighborhood networks (matched to other surveys) • Neighborhood conditions (matched)

  9. (Very) Preliminary FF data • Does center have parent group? • 83% yes • Frequency of parent group meetings? • 78% every month or more • How often attended parent meeting? • 41% always or almost always • 29% sometimes • 14% rarely

  10. (Very) Preliminary FF data • Ever attended workshops at center? • 51% yes • Workshop attended, by topic: • Child rearing (52% yes) • Nutrition (51% yes) • Finding jobs (21% yes) • Legal issues (16% yes) • Education (51% yes)

  11. (Very) Preliminary FF data • Met new friends through center? • 55% yes • Average number of new friends: • Approx. 3 • Number of those that are close friends: • 49% 1 close friend • Number of close friends overall: • Approx 3

  12. Expected dates, data availability • Fragile Families Survey, wave 3 • Spring 2005 • NYC Childcare Centers and Families Survey • August 2004 • Approx. 220 completes as of 7/14/04 • NYC field study of centers • September 2004 • All centers contacted at least once as of 7/14/04 • NYC interviews • September 2004 • 12 parents interviewed as of 7/14/04

  13. The End • Princeton graduate student collaborators: • Erin Jacobs • Rebekah Massengill • We thank NIH and Princeton University for funding • More information: • www.princeton.edu/~msmall

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