PPL Table 11B: Average Weekly Child Care Expenditures by Employed Mothers of Children 
		   Under 5:  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                                     |   5215|  96.69|   4841|   1929|     36|   8.66|
|MARITAL STATUS                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Married                                 |   3990| 101.78|   5604|   2078|     36|   7.87|
|Widow, div, sep                         |    563|  92.71|   2424|   1651|     38|  16.57|
|Never married                           |    662|  69.42|   2295|   1266|     36|  13.11|
|AGE OF PARENT                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|15-24 years                             |   3684|  92.68|   3900|   1633|     36|  10.30|
|25-34 years                             |   1162| 111.70|   7671|   2717|     35|   6.31|
|35+ years                               |    369|  89.50|   5328|   2405|     36|   7.28|
|FAMILY INCOME                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than $1,500                        |    666|  66.41|    980|    920|     35|  29.36|
|$1,500 - $2,999                         |   1224|  83.51|   2353|   1264|     36|  15.38|
|$3,000 - $4,499                         |   1234|  89.80|   3685|   1575|     37|  10.56|
|$4,500 and over                         |   2091| 118.12|   8210|   2848|     36|   6.23|
|FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Below poverty line                      |    415|  66.94|    968|    763|     33|  29.98|
|On or above poverty line                |   4801|  99.26|   5176|   2030|     36|   8.31|
|FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 100% poverty                  |    415|  66.94|    968|    763|     33|  29.98|
|100 to 200% poverty                     |   1001|  85.03|   1987|   1101|     36|  18.54|
|200% and above poverty                  |   3799| 103.01|   6016|   2274|     36|   7.42|
|EDUCATION LEVEL OF PARENT               |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school                   |    465|  82.90|   2712|   1131|     36|  13.24|
|High school diploma                     |   1408|  77.38|   4922|   1853|     37|   6.81|
|College 1-3 years                       |   1588|  95.35|   3750|   1489|     36|  11.02|
|College 4+ years                        |   1754| 117.06|   6329|   2600|     36|   8.01|
|RACE AND HISP ORIGIN                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|White, non-Hispanic                     |   3779| 100.46|   5348|   2059|     36|   8.14|
|Black, non-Hispanic                     |    674|  73.96|   3028|   1600|     38|  10.58|
|Hispanic                                |    541|  99.14|   3481|   1407|     36|  12.34|
|Other, non-Hispanic                     |    221|  95.56|   5035|   1977|     38|   8.22|
|WORK STATUS                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Full-time                               |   3847|  98.85|   4512|   2025|     41|   9.49|
|Part-time                               |   1369|  90.61|   5767|   1659|     23|   6.81|
|PRESCHOOL AGE CHILD                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Yes                                     |   5215|  96.69|   4841|   1929|     36|   8.66|
|GRADESCHOOL AGE CHILD                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                                      |   2982|  89.34|   5006|   1999|     36|   7.73|
|Yes                                     |   2233| 106.50|   4621|   1835|     37|   9.99|
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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.