Providing Child Care to Military Families: The Role of the Demand Formula in Defining Need and Informing Policy

by Gail L. Zellman, Susan M. Gates, Joy S. Moini

The Office of the Secretary of Defense asked the RAND Corporation to assess the Department of Defense (DoD) child-care demand formula as a tool for translating information on military families into measures of potential child-care need and to suggest ways that the tool might be improved. The authors assess the validity of the DoD formula in meeting child-care needs, analyze the factors that influence key child-care outcomes, and address the broader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083303927X
• ISBN13: 9780833039279
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"