摘要：The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between caregivers` characteristic variables and quality of child care and to investigate the magnitude of the association between variables and quality of child care according to children`s age. The following factors were suggested as the caregivers` characteristic variables: Total years of caregiving experience,educational level,job satisfaction,amounts of turnover,time for commuting,salary,pay step,years of work in charge of current children,perception on the recommended caregiver/child ratio. The results of the study were as follows : First,it was found that caregivers` salary,total years of caregiving experience,pay step,perception on the recommended caregiver/child ratio,age,and amounts of in-service program were significant among caregivers` variables. Second,when the caregivers` characteristic variables were examined in terms of children`s age respectively,the effects of teacher-related variables to influence the child-care quality were significantly different according to children`s age group..
关键词：quality of child care;caregiver;children's age
