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Should you stay at home or pay for child care?
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
7 August 2012
A family paying $600 a month for daycare needs to cover an annual bill of $7,200, before taxes… parents in big cities are likely grappling with monthly bills that are significantly higher… “If the lowest-income spouse is not making more than $30,000, I don’t see how it can be worthwhile to pay that kind of money.”… In 1976, 46.4 per cent of mothers with a youngest child aged 6 to 17 were employed. By 2012, that number had surged to 79.3 per cent.
Tags: child care, standard of living, women
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