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Publication Date: May 2004
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s): Heather Boushey; Joseph Wright
Research Area: Labor
Keywords: Women workers; Federal subsidy; Formal daycare
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This paper explores how the burden of child care costs affect the budgets of working mothers at different income levels. It finds that only about 15 percent of children eligible for federal child care assistance actually receive any funds, and that many low-income women spend up to 40 percent of their household income on these expenses.