How Do Child-Care Programs for Children in Low-Income Families Compare

Multiple Choice

How do child-care programs for children in low-income families compare with child care available to children in families of higher economic status?

A) Poor children in child-care programs enjoy better interactions with their teachers but encounter higher teacher-child ratios.
B) Higher-income children enjoy both better teacher-child ratios and better interactions with their teachers than do poor children in child-care programs.
C) A majority of child care in the first three years of life is of unacceptable low quality,but infants from low-income families have lower-quality child care than infants from higher-income families..
D) There is really no signifcant difference between the quality of child care for the poor and day care for those of higher income.