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Baseline data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth were used to evaluate the associations between child care arrangement and poor developmental attainment (PDA). A weighted total of 521,800 children aged 2 to 3 years were studied (N=2,709). PDA was assessed by agestandardized motor and social development score. Children were grouped by the predominant type of arrangement: care by someone in the child's own home, in another home (family child care), at a child care centre, or none (child care exclusive to parents).
Controlling for socioeconomic status, biological factors and maternal immigration, family dysfunction, hostile parenting and low neighbourhood safety were correlated with PDA and positive parent-child interaction decreased the odds of PDA. Whereas centre child care arrangements were beneficial to development overall (OR=0.41, 99% CI=0.18, 0.93), an interaction existed between type of child care and maternal depression; among children with depressed mothers, centre child care was associated with increased odds of PDA. Findings suggest that the associations between child care arrangement and child development involve interactions of factors that influence a child's home environment. Future child development studies exploring these interactions are warranted.
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Les donnees de base recueillies par l'Enquete Longitudinale Nationale sur les Enfants et les Jeunes ont servi a &valuer tes liens entre les dispositions pour la garde d'un enfant et son niveau de developpement (ND). On a etudie un total de 521 800 enfants ages de 2 a 3 ans (N=2 709). Le ND a ctc determine selon les resultats obtenus apres des rests de developpement moteur et social par categorie d'age. On a groupe tes enfants selon le genre d'arrangement de garde predominant: par une personne au foyer de l'enfant, dans un autre foyer (garde familiale), dans one garderie, ou aucun (garde exclusive par les parents).
En tenant compte de la situation socioeconomique, des facteurs biologiqUes et de Finigration de la mere, on constate que le dysfonctionnement familial, l'hostilite des parents et un voisinage h has niveau de securite sont en correlation avec un faible ND. Par contre, les interactions positives parent-enfant diminuent les chances de faible ND. Bien que la presence en garderie air des effets benefiques sur le dveloppement de l'enfant en general (RC=0,41, 99 % IC=0,18, 0,93), une interaction existe...