Table C2  Weekly Child Care Costs Paid by Families
             with Employed Mothers:  1985-1993

   (Expenditures for all children in family under 15 years of age)
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                                                               Percent of
                                            Weekly expenses*   monthly
                     Number of    Percent            Constant  income
   Date of           mothers      making    Current   1993     spent on
    survey            (000s)     payments   dollars  dollars   child care+
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   Fall 1993           19,798      35.3       70       70        7.3
     Below poverty      1,802      27.3       55       55       21.1
     Above poverty     17,996      36.1       71       71        7.0

   Fall 1991           19,180      34.5       63       67        7.1
     Below poverty      1,642      24.1       60       63       26.6
     Above poverty     17,537      35.5       64       67        6.9
   Fall 1990           18,938      38.0       60       65        6.9
   Fall 1988           18,843      39.9       54       65        6.8
   Fall 1987           18,501      33.3       49       61        6.6
   Fall 1986           18,305      31.4       44       58        6.3
   Winter 1985         15,706      33.7       40       55        NA
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   Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, "Who's Minding
       the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Fall 1991," Current Population
       Reports, Series P70-36.
    *  Weekly expenditures among persons making child care payments.
    +  Derived from ratio of average monthly child care payments
       (prorated from weekly averges) to average monthly income.