table with row headers in column A and column headers in row 6,,,,,,,,,
Table C2 Weekly Child Care Costs Paid by Families with Employed Mothers: 1985-2005,,,,,,,,,
(Expenditures for all children in family under 15 years of age),,,,,,,,,


Date of Survey,Number of mothers (in thousands),,Weekly Expenses1,,,,,,
,,Percent making payments,Current dollars,Constant 2005 dollars,Percent of monthly income spent on child care2,,,,
Spring 2005," 22,961 ",34.8,107,107,6.4,,,,
.Below poverty," 2,378 ",24.3,90,90,29.2,,,,
.Above poverty," 20,583 ",36.0,109,109,6.1,,,,
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Winter 2002," 22,208 ",35.7,95,103,7.1,,,,
.Below poverty," 2,143 ",23.2,67,73,25.7,,,,
.Above poverty," 20,065 ",37.0,97,105,6.9,,,,
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Spring 1999," 22,531 ",42.2,79,93,6.7,,,,
.Below poverty," 2,115 ",30.3,76,89,33.3, 
.Above poverty," 20,416 ",43.4,80,94,6.4,
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Spring 1997," 21,478 ",43.2,75,91,6.9,
.Below poverty," 2,440 ",29.7,52,63,20.0,
.Above poverty," 19,038 ",44.9,77,94,6.6,
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Fall 1993," 19,798 ",35.3,70,94,7.3,
.Below poverty," 1,802 ",27.3,55,74,21.1,
.Above poverty," 17,996 ",36.1,71,96,7,
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Fall 1991," 19,180 ",34.5,63,90,7.1,
.Below poverty," 1,642 ",24.1,60,86,26.6,
.Above poverty," 17,537 ",35.5,64,92,6.9,
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Fall 1990," 18,938 ",38,60,90,6.9,
Fall 1988," 18,843 ",39.9,54,89,6.8,,,
Fall 1987," 18,501 ",33.3,49,84,6.6,,,
Fall 1986," 18,305 ",31.4,44,78,6.3,,,
Winter 1985," 15,706 ",33.7,40,73,(X),,,
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Footnotes,,,,,,,,
(X) Not available.,,,,,,,,
/1 Weekly expenditures among person making child care payments,,,,,,,,
/2 Derived from ratio of average monthly child care payments (prorated from weekly averages) to average monthly income.,,,,,,,,
"Source: Tabulations derived from Current Population Reports, P70-36 table 6; P70-86, table 8; PPL-168 Tables 5 & 6; P70-101 table 6;and this table , U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program and Participation (SIPP)",,,,,,,,
For information on sampling and nonsampling error see http://www.sipp.census.gov/sipp/source.html,,,,,,,,
Internet release date: February 2008.,,,,,,,,
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