Millions of children in the United States live in rural areas and often start school with fewer
school readiness skills than counterparts in urban areas. Access to high-quality child care …

Children who live in poor rural communities have a somewhat different context for
development from urban children. Rural in comparison to urban communities have higher …

In recent decades, policymakers have increasingly focused on the importance of high-
quality child care and early education services in supporting the development of low-income …

Social science inquiries of American agriculture have long recognized the inextricability of
farm households and farm businesses. Efforts to train and support farmers, however, often …

Over 15 million children live in families subsisting below the federal poverty level, and there
are nearly 4 million more children living in poverty today than in the turn of the 21st century …

Employer initiatives that address the spillover of work strain onto family life include flexible
work schedules. This study explored the mediating role of negative work–family spillover in …

This study provides unique perspectives of family leisure activities by developing a
grounded-theory model of influences on family fun based on qualitative data from 368 low …

Objectives: Measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the Spring of 2020 immediately
raised concerns among farm safety experts about the increase in children's risk exposure …

This study explored the reasons and factors associated with childcare use for Hispanic
children of preschool age with working and nonworking mothers. National Household …

The purpose of this study was to better understand human capital and social support in the
long-term economic well-being of rural, low-income mothers in the US. Three waves of data …