Early childcare enrollment and the pursuit of higher education: A Canadian longitudinal study |
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| Institution: | 1. Département de Psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l''Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada;2. Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, 151C Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210, USA;3. Département d''enseignement au préscolaire et primaire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l''Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada;4. Department of childhood education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa;1. LEAD - CNRS UMR5022, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France;2. CHART/LUTIN University of Paris 8 Paris, France;1. KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Centre for Educational Effectiveness and Evaluation, Dekenstraat 2, box 3773, 3000, Leuven, Belgium;2. KU Leuven Kulak, Faculty of Arts, Functional and Cognitive, Linguistics, Belgium;3. KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Centre for Educational Effectiveness and Evaluation, Belgium;1. Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, via Filippo Re, 10, 40126, Bologna, BO, Italy;2. Department of Humanities, University of Ferrara, via Paradiso 12, 44121, Ferrara, FE, Italy;3. Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Piazza Aldo Moro, 90, 47521, Cesena, FC, Italy;4. Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Quartier UNIL-Mouline, Bâtiment Géopolis, CH, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland;1. University of Freiburg, Department of Educational Science, Germany;2. University of Tübingen, Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Germany;3. Institute for Educational Analysis (IBBW) and University of Tübingen, Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Germany |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the associations between childcare attendance among 550 children from 24 to 36 months of age and their enrollment in higher education in young adulthood. We conducted a propensity score matching analysis to control the selection bias for childcare attendance and estimated the average treatment effect for the treated on the odds of enrollment in higher education. Children who attended informal childcare (i.e., with a relative or nanny) were more likely to pursue higher education in young adulthood relative to children in formal childcare (i.e., center-based or licensed home-based childcare). However, heterogeneity in our sample revealed that attending formal childcare increased the probability of enrollment in higher education for children from low-income and non-employed families. This study suggests that attending informal childcare in Canada in 1994–1995 benefited all children over 20 years later, whereas attending formal childcare appears to be protective for children from more disadvantaged families. |
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| Keywords: | Childcare Early childhood education Higher education Longitudinal study |
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