Consequences of Teen Parents’ Child-Care Arrangements for Mothers and Children

Using the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (2001 – 2006; N ≈ 7,900), the authors examined child-care arrangements among teen parents from birth through prekindergarten. Four latent classes of child care arrangements at 9, 24, and 52 months emerged: (a) ‘‘parental care,’’ (b) ‘‘center care,’’ (c) ‘‘paid homebased care,’’ and (…