Social inequalities in childcare quality and their effects on children's development at school entry: findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Higher quality childcare in the years before school may help narrow developmental gaps between the richest and poorest children in our societies, but specific evidence is limited and inconsistent. We address this issue by examining whether higher quality childcare is associated with better developmental outcomes at school entry for children from lower than higher income families.The sample from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children...