... policy and legislative data ensured rigour and robustness. Findings An average child care gap of 21.2 weekly hours in homes is identified: 24.72 (range: 20.33–29.67) for younger (ages 6–12) and 17.68 (range: 13.42–19.67) hours weekly for older (ages 13–17) schoolchildren. This corresponds...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Ageing Carers Elder care Grandchild care Thailand Older persons Elderly people Child care Once a need for personal care with daily activities arises, assistance depends on the availability of family members, especially those who live in the same household...

... Elder care Child care This article focuses on care as a concept and an issue for social policy in Europe and Asia. Problematizing care from both a conceptual and policy making perspective, I am especially interested in care as a frame for the analysis of how social policy shapes and responds...

... and funding have all changed significantly. Social implications The findings of this paper may help to inform appropriate policy responses in Chinese child care provision. The study suggests that formal care provision should be expanded towards universal access regardless of people's income and employment...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Defamilization Dedomestication Care services Child care Comparative research Welfare regimes Social welfare policy Social care facilities Comparative research on social care systems has on the one hand followed the same regime‐centred lines...

... Discrimination Child care International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 212 Risk of Social Exclusion in Later Life: How well do the pension systems of Britain and the US accommodate women s paid and unpaid work? by Jay Ginn, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, Surrey University Gender...

... business expansion and environmental barriers. Concludes that demand outstrips supply by more than three times but owners are not planning to expand and legislative requirements appear to be a high factor in this decision. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Child care USA Policy Volume 19 Number 7/8...

... of School childcare could be part of an anti‐poverty strategy, encouraging women from deprived areas to enter the labour market. Claims that the scheme has had contradictory impacts but that it is hampered by lack of adequate and long‐term funding. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Child care Scotland...