If You Build It, Will They Come? Estimating Unmet Demand for After-School Programs in America's Distressed Cities.

Telephone-survey data were gathered from parents and youth in five of America's largest and most distressed cities to estimate unmet demand for after-school programs. Unmet demand was conceptualized as a function of low utilization and dissatisfaction with one's current arrangement; furthermore, the...

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Published in:	Youth & Society Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 3 - 35
Main Authors:	Weitzman, Beth C., Mijanovich, Tod, Silver, Diana, Brazill, Caitlyn
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. September 2008
Subjects:	Utilization of child care services Parent attitudes After school programs City children Urban poor Inner cities Child development Child care Parents Federal aid to education United States
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