12 Daghem: Beskrivning av uppfostringsklimat och sociala relationer (Twelve Day Care Centers: A Multisite Comparison of Day-Care Climate and Social Relations).

Twelve day care centers in a Swedish commune were systematically observed. Centers were selected on the basis of responses to a questionnaire on attitudes about upbringing which was answered by all the personnel at the 104 day care centers in the commune. Four of the selected centers represented a so-called "present-focused" upbringing pattern, four a "future-focused" upbringing pattern, and the last four represented a mixture that was common in the commune. In this report each of the 12 centers is described according to the variables observed. These variables cover different aspects of the social relations between the children, between the children and the adults, the upbringing norms, and the patterns of control exerted. Contents also include a comparison of the centers that focuses on the traits which are common for all of the 12 centers as well as traits that are specific to the differing day care climates. This comparative analysis issues from a model of variables constituting a day care climate presented in a earlier report. (Author/RH)