An explorative study of skilled immigrant mothers’ perspectives toward Swedish preschools.

The study investigates why some immigrant families in Sweden do not send their children to kindergarten.

The results suggest that the immigrant mothers had concerns related to their children's safety, their children's language development and the development of their home culture, and therefore did not send their children to kindergarten.

The data material was collected through semi-structured interviews with ten immigrant mothers, before a thematic analysis was conducted.

Garvis, S. (2021). "An explorative study of skilled immigrant mothers’ perspectives toward Swedish preschools". Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 35(3):389-398.