PPL Table 11C: Average Weekly Child Care Expenditures by Employed Mothers of Children 5 
		   to 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                                     |   5083|  82.42|   5004|   2045|     37|   7.14|
|MARITAL STATUS                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Married                                 |   3721|  84.64|   5948|   2049|     37|   6.17|
|Widow, div, sep                         |    957|  74.76|   2466|   2189|     38|  13.14|
|Never married                           |    405|  80.09|   2329|   1668|     39|  14.90|
|AGE OF PARENT                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|15-24 years                             |    181| 130.56|   2469|    979|     36|  22.91|
|25-34 years                             |   2273|  79.94|   3729|   1685|     38|   9.29|
|35+ years                               |   2629|  81.25|   6281|   2429|     37|   5.61|
|FAMILY INCOME                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than $1,500                        |    604|  76.95|   1048|    987|     35|  31.81|
|$1,500 - $2,999                         |   1155|  64.06|   2365|   1494|     38|  11.74|
|$3,000 - $4,499                         |   1164|  76.56|   3665|   1733|     38|   9.05|
|$4,500 and over                         |   2160|  96.92|   8244|   2803|     37|   5.09|
|FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Below poverty line                      |    346|  84.11|    966|    771|     33|  37.74|
|On or above poverty line                |   4737|  82.30|   5299|   2138|     38|   6.73|
|FAMILY POVERTY LEVEL                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than 100% poverty                  |    346|  84.11|    966|    771|     33|  37.74|
|100 to 200% poverty                     |    996|  77.47|   2017|   1242|     37|  16.65|
|200% and above poverty                  |   3741|  83.58|   6173|   2376|     38|   5.87|
|EDUCATION LEVEL OF PARENT               |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Less than high school                   |    488|  73.32|   2738|   1242|     37|  11.60|
|High school diploma                     |   1490|  66.81|   3553|   1489|     38|   8.15|
|College 1-3 years                       |   1557|  79.51|   4072|   1811|     36|   8.46|
|College 4+ years                        |   1548| 103.24|   8054|   3068|     38|   5.55|
|RACE AND HISP ORIGIN                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|White, non-Hispanic                     |   3657|  83.31|   5496|   2131|     37|   6.57|
|Black, non-Hispanic                     |    709|  53.93|   3155|   1730|     38|   7.41|
|Hispanic                                |    507|  99.84|   3459|   1602|     38|  12.51|
|Other, non-Hispanic                     |    210| 121.20|   6424|   2665|     37|   8.18|
|WORK STATUS                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Full-time                               |   4034|  81.39|   5109|   2208|     41|   6.90|
|Part-time                               |   1049|  86.36|   4602|   1416|     24|   8.13|
|PRESCHOOL AGE CHILD                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|No                                      |   2850|  63.55|   5305|   2209|     38|   5.19|
|Yes                                     |   2233| 106.50|   4621|   1835|     37|   9.99|
|GRADESCHOOL AGE CHILD                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|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. Last revised: January 11, 2005.