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Childcare, choice and social class: Caring for young children in the UK

Vincent, C; Braun, A; Ball, SJ; (2008) Childcare, choice and social class: Caring for young children in the UK. Critical Social Policy , 28 (1) pp. 5-26. 10.1177/0261018307085505. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper draws on the results of two qualitative research projects examining parental engagements with the childcare market in the UK. Both projects are located in the same two London localities. One project focuses on professional middle class parents, and the other on working class families, and we discuss the key importance of social class in shaping parents' differential engagement with the childcare market, and their understandings of the role childcare plays in their children's lives. We identify and discuss the different 'circuits' of care available to and used by families living physically close to each other, but in social class terms living in different worlds. We also consider parents' relationships with carers, and their social networks. We conclude that, in order to fully understand childcare policies and practices and families' experiences of care, an analysis which encompasses social class and the workings of the childcare market is needed. © 2008 SAGE Publications, Inc.

Type: Article
Title: Childcare, choice and social class: Caring for young children in the UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307085505
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1495824
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