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Cost of raising a child : family expenditure reports 2011-2012 / Athena M. Byers, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Family issues in the 21st century series.
- Family issues in the 21st century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cost and standard of living--United States.
- Cost and standard of living.
- Children.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (106 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since 1960, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided estimates of expenditures on children from birth through age 17. This book presents the most recent estimates for husband-wife and single-parent families using data from the 2005-06 Consumer Expenditure Survey, updated to 2012 dollars using the Consumer Price Index. Data and methods used in calculating annual child-rearing expenses are described. Estimates are provided for major components of the budget by age of child, family income, and region of residence. For the overall United States, annual child-rearing expense estimates ranged between $12,290 and $14,320 for a child in a two-child, married-couple family in the middle-income group.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 11, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-62948-370-2
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