In terms of support for young families,
e.g. access to preschool programs and proportion of Gross Domestic Product for social expenditures, the U.S. ranks at the bottom just above China.
Because this study was conducted in a single site and population under conditions that may differ from today (
e.g., control group members generally did not have
access to other
preschool or daycare options, as they would now), the Panel looked for corroboration of this finding in another site and / or population, and a more contemporary setting.