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Early Childhood Study Series


Until the 1980s, most Australian children under five years old were cared for at home by their mothers. These days, however, the mothers of pre-school children are increasingly entering the paid workforce and leaving their children in the care of others.

The Early Childhood Study provides a comprehensive picture of Australian mothers' experiences of raising children in a variety of circumstances, from birth until the first year at school, and examines the relationship between different types of child care, and the cognitive, social and emotional development of children by their first year at school.


An Ear to Listen and a Shoulder to Cry On: The Use of Child Health Services in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth

by Gay Ochiltree
AIFS Early Childhood Study Paper No.1, 1991, 49 pages ISBN 0 642 16640 4

This report explores the extent to which parents use Australia's local free child health services. There are frank opinions from mothers about the service and whether it helps their children's development.

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Sick Children: How Working Mothers Cope

by Gay Ochiltree and Evelyn Greenblat
AIFS Early Childhood Study Paper No.2, 1991, 40 pages, ISBN 0 642 16642 0

This book examines the difficulties faced and solutions adopted by working mothers when having to organise care for sick children. There are also lessons for employers about how people deal with their work and family obligations.

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Taking the Children to Work

by John Jackson
AIFS Early Childhood Study Paper No.3, 1991, 65 pages, ISBN 0 642 16641 2

Where is child care heading? Is it to be largely provided by the public or private sector, or set up by employers in the workplace? This report is a stimulating and sometimes provocative picture of the policy tensions behind the scenes in child care.

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Use and Choice of Child Care

by Evelyn Greenblat and Gay Ochiltree
AIFS Early Childhood Study Paper No.4, 1993, 85 pages, ISBN 0 642 19324 X

This book is the first complete picture of how Australian families are organising child care arrangements. It examines the issue of finding suitable care for children of different ages and details parents views of the quality of child care and kindergarten education their children are experiencing.

(Out of Print)


Effects of Child Care on Young Children: Forty Years of Research

by Gay Ochiltree
AIFS Early Childhood Study Paper No. 5, 1994, 155 pages, ISBN 0 642 20125 0.

This book provides a clear summary of Australian and international research on the advantages and disadvantages of child care, covering issues such as the quality of child care, the process of socialisation, and early intervention programs to give children a head-start.

(Out of Print)


Towards Integration and Quality Assurance in Children's Services

by June Wangmann
AIFS Early Childhood Study, Paper No.6 1995, 152 pages, ISBN 0 642 22582 6

This book argues for the development of an integrated national children's services industry that better reflects the needs of today's families, and warns that we can no longer afford to be complacent about the quality of services provided.

(Out of Print)


Today's Child Care, Tomorrow's Children

by Gay Ochiltree and Don Edgar
AIFS Early Childhood Study Paper No.7 1995, 81 pages, ISBN 0 642 22908 2.

This book presents the methodology, findings and conclusions of the AIFS Early Childhood Study - designed by the Institute in response to changes in early childhood care contexts and concern about their longer-term effects.




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