Abstract
With increasing numbers of women joining the evening/night-time and extended-hour workforce, there is a need for quality childcare during these hours. This project, conducted in Japan, sought to compare the effects of expanded childcare on the development and adaptation of 648 young children after 2 years in care. All parents in 41 governmentally licensed child care facilities in Japan completed a survey on the child-rearing environment at home, their feelings of self-efficacy, and the presence of support for childcare to provide a baseline of information. Two years later, 648 of these parents were surveyed again. Childcare professionals evaluated the development of children at both times. The results of multiple regression analysis indicate that factors in the home environment, not length of centre-based care, explained developmental risks 2 years later.
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