Determinants of Preschool Choice: Understanding How Middle-income Parents Choose Kindergartens in Shanghai.
This study aims to explore the determinants of preschool choice among middle-income parents in Shanghai, the city with the most adequate and diversified preschool services in China. We administer an online survey to 333 Shanghai middle-income parents and find that preschool quality, children's devel...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 989 - 1002 |
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