ATTITUDES OF RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT AND ISRAELI-BORN WOMEN TOWARD CHILD-CARE SERVICES

Israel, like most other societies, has a variety of subgroups differen tiated by ascribed attitudes or characteristics which are imputed to i ndividuals. These differences may be reflected by attitudes which are evaluative statements concerning objects, people, or events. In this s tudy the attitudes of Israeli women-30 veterans and 30 newly arrived f rom the Soviet republics-toward family day-care services were examined . A number of significant differences between the study cohorts, such as amount of interaction between parents and child-care providers, wer e found and have implications for provision of service and absorption of immigrants.