PPL Table 11A: Average Weekly Child Care Expenditures by Employed Mothers of Children 
		   Under 14: Fall 1995
(Numbers in thousands. Omits persons with no income.

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|                                        |       |AVERAGE|       |       |AVERAGE|PERCENT|
|                                        |       |WEEKLY |       |       | HOURS |  OF   |
|                                        |       | CHILD |AVERAGE|AVERAGE|MOTHER |MONTHLY|
|                                        |       | CARE  |MONTHLY|MONTHLY|WORKED |  INC  |
|                                        |       |EXPENS-|FAMILY |MOTHERS|  PER  | SPENT |
|                                        | TOTAL |  ES   |  INC  |  INC  | WEEK  |ON CC/1|
|                                        |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|                                        |  SUM  | MEAN  | MEAN  | MEAN  | MEAN  |PCTSUM |
|----------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|ALL                                     |   8065|  84.98|   5005|   2028|     37|   7.36|
|MARITAL STATUS                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Married                                 |   5901|  88.14|   5947|   2124|     36|   6.42|
|Widow, div, sep                         |   1242|  80.21|   2533|   2062|     38|  13.72|
|Never married                           |    922|  71.17|   2307|   1367|     37|  13.37|
|AGE OF PARENT                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|15-24 years                             |   4776|  84.61|   3792|   1631|     37|   9.67|
|25-34 years                             |   2034|  91.63|   7445|   2594|     36|   5.33|
|35+ years                               |   1255|  75.61|   5668|   2619|     38|   5.78|
|FAMILY INCOME                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than $1,500                        |    990|  71.15|   1007|    947|     34|  30.61|
|$1,500 - $2,999                         |   1866|  69.49|   2350|   1410|     37|  12.81|
|$3,000 - $4,499                         |   1885|  79.80|   3671|   1676|     37|   9.42|
|$4,500 and over                         |   3325| 100.73|   8441|   2896|     37|   5.17|
|FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Below poverty line                      |    570|  75.27|    937|    758|     32|  34.80|
|On or above poverty line                |   7496|  85.72|   5314|   2124|     37|   6.99|
|FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 100% poverty                  |    570|  75.27|    937|    758|     32|  34.80|
|100 to 200% poverty                     |   1459|  75.00|   1928|   1177|     36|  16.86|
|200% and above poverty                  |   6037|  88.31|   6132|   2353|     37|   6.24|
|EDUCATION LEVEL OF PARENT               |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school                   |    666|  71.78|   2758|   1176|     36|  11.28|
|High school diploma                     |   2302|  68.43|   4420|   1754|     37|   6.71|
|College 1-3 years                       |   2478|  83.92|   3855|   1651|     36|   9.43|
|College 4+ years                        |   2619| 103.88|   7179|   2841|     37|   6.27|
|RACE AND HISP ORIGIN                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|White, non-Hispanic                     |   5922|  86.81|   5508|   2137|     36|   6.83|
|Black, non-Hispanic                     |   1050|  61.08|   3029|   1644|     38|   8.74|
|Hispanic                                |    754|  95.69|   3485|   1546|     37|  11.90|
|Other, non-Hispanic                     |    339| 103.26|   5725|   2375|     38|   7.82|
|WORK STATUS                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Full-time                               |   6145|  86.32|   4871|   2152|     41|   7.68|
|Part-time                               |   1920|  80.70|   5434|   1630|     23|   6.44|
|PRESCHOOL AGE CHILD                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                                      |   2850|  63.55|   5305|   2209|     38|   5.19|
|Yes                                     |   5215|  96.69|   4841|   1929|     36|   8.66|
|GRADESCHOOL AGE CHILD                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                                      |   2982|  89.34|   5006|   1999|     36|   7.73|
|Yes                                     |   5083|  82.42|   5004|   2045|     37|   7.14|
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NOTE: Average expenditures per week are among families making child care payments.
1/Percent is a ratio of average monthly child care payments (prorated from weekly averages) 
   to average monthly income.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1993 Wave 9. 
                           				   Internet release date: October 31, 2000.