摘要：While child care policy has mainly focused on the financial support for child care centers,the Ministry of Health,Welfare and Family Affaire recently announced the introduction of a child care allowances. The purpose of this study is to investigate how mothers and directors of child care centers perceived this child care allowance. One hundred and seventeen directors and one hundred and fifty six mothers in the Seoul,Kyunggi-Do,and Cheonbuk-Do areas participated in the survey. The results demonstrated that both the mothers and the directors of child care center exhibit more differences than similarities in terms of their views of child care allowances. Moreover,the perception on some issues of child care allowance differed significantly depending on the types of child care center in question,the mother’s economic participation or family income. Issues of importance to the successful introduction of a child care allowance system were also discussed.
关键词：child care allowance;Finland;child care policy
