Teasing apart the child care conundrum: A factorial survey analysis of perceptions of child care quality, fair market price and willingness to pay by low-income, African American parents

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne B. Shlay ◽  
Henry Tran ◽  
Marsha Weinraub ◽  
Michelle Harmon
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
African American Parents ◽  
Factorial Survey ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Fair Market

scholarly journals Urban, low-income, African American parents' experiences and expectations of well-child care

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Kara S. Koschmann ◽  
Cynthia J. Peden-McAlpine ◽  
Mary Chesney ◽  
Susan M. Mason ◽  
Mary C. Hooke
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
African American Parents ◽  
Well Child Care ◽  
Parents Experiences

scholarly journals Acceptability and Willingness to Pay for a Meal Kit Program for African American Families with Low Income: A Pilot Study

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2881
Author(s):  
Kaley Carman ◽  
Lauren H. Sweeney ◽  
Lisa A. House ◽  
Anne E. Mathews ◽  
Karla P. Shelnutt
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Food Access ◽  
African American Families ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Shelf Stable

Food insecurity is a persistent issue among individuals with low income and is associated with various nutrition- and health-related consequences. Creative approaches to increasing food access should be investigated as possible solutions. Meal kits, which are boxes or bags of fresh and shelf-stable ingredients for one or more meals, along with a step-by-step recipe showing how to cook each meal at home, may serve as a creative solution. Meal kits have historically been marketed to higher-income demographics. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the utilization, acceptability, and willingness to pay for a healthy meal kit program among African American main food preparers with children and low income (n = 36). Participants received a healthy meal kit with three recipes and ingredients, a cooking incentive, and a nutrition handout weekly for six weeks. Data were collected on participants’ use, acceptability, and willingness to pay for the meal kits and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The intervention was highly utilized, and participants reported high acceptability ratings for most recipes. After the intervention, participants were willing to pay $88.61 ± 47.47 for a meal kit with three meals, each with four portions, which was higher than indicated at baseline and similar to the cost to produce the kits. Meal kits may offer a creative solution to improving food access if affordable for families with low income.

Urban, Low-Income, African American Well-Child Care: Comparison of Parent and Healthcare Provider Experiences and Expectations

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1677-1688
Author(s):  
Kara S. Koschmann ◽  
Cynthia J. Peden-McAlpine ◽  
Mary Chesney ◽  
Susan M. Mason ◽  
Mary C. Hooke
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Healthcare Provider ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Well Child Care ◽  
Provider Experiences

Are Low-Income Consumers Willing to Pay for Fortification of a Commercially Produced Yogurt in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Agnew ◽  
Spencer Henson ◽  
Ying Cao
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Random Parameter ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Low Income Households

Background: There is an active debate over the potential for market-based strategies to address micronutrient deficiencies in low- and middle-income countries. However, there are questions over the viability of market-based strategies, reflecting limited evidence on the value that low-income households attach to the nutritional attributes of processed foods. Objective: The objective of this article is to investigate the willingness to pay of primary food purchasers in low-income households in rural Bangladesh for Shokti+, a nutritionally fortified yogurt produced and distributed by Grameen Danone Foods Limited. Methods: A real choice experiment with economic incentives was conducted with 1000 rural food purchasers sampled from the distribution area of Shokti+ in rural Bangladesh. The choices of respondents revealed attribute nonattendance, favoring the fortification attribute over price. Results: Results from a random parameter logit model found that respondents were willing to pay an average of 18 BDT (US$0.22) for fortification and 6 BDT (US$0.073) for brand name. The market price for Shokti+ at the time of the study was 10 BDT (US$0.12). The results from a random effects model suggest the magnitude of willingness to pay for fortification was primarily driven by the nutritional awareness of respondents but offset by household food insecurity. Conclusions: The article concludes that, while there is a viable market for fortified yogurt in rural Bangladesh, efforts to promote this product as a strategy to address micronutrient deficiency are best targeted at low-income households with some capacity to pay for low priced commercially produced foods.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Factor Structure of the Obstacles to Engagement Scale with Low-Income African American Parents

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Winders Davis ◽  
Robert Dempster ◽  
John A. Myers ◽  
Veronnie Faye Jones ◽  
Lesa Ryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Low Income ◽  
African American Parents ◽  
Engagement Scale

Can Government Raise Child-Care Quality? The Influence of Family Demand, Poverty, and Policy

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Fuller ◽  
Stephen W. Raudenbush ◽  
Li-Ming Wei ◽  
Susan D. Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
State Level ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Preschool Quality ◽  
Competitive Prices ◽  
K 12

The quality of child-care centers and preschools—situated in a mixed market—varies enormously. Advocates for higher quality urge higher subsidies and stricter central regulation. Market advocates argue instead that local demand and parental-choice remedies will spark quality gains while ensuring competitive prices. Federal and state governments have responded with an array of policy interventions: targeting subsidies on preschools serving low-income families; enacting statewide quality standards; creating tax credits and vouchers for the “working poor” and middle-class families. This article assesses the influence of these alternative policies on preschool quality, based on a national survey of 1,805 centers in 36 states. Discrete policy effects are assessed after taking into account the influence of contextual sources of family demand: statewide levels of wealth, maternal employment, and poverty rates. Contrary to K–12 patterns, we find that center quality is higher in centers receiving greater subsidies. However, the subsidy effect depends on the particular indicator of quality being observed; effects are also conditioned by state-level contexts. Statewide sources of family demand, antecedent to policy interventions, help to raise certain facets of preschool quality. Tax credits hold no discernible influence on quality. Implications for building policy strategies in “managed choice” school settings are discussed.

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