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Working families with young children and no out-of-pocket child care struggle financially

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Working families with young children face substantial barriers in accessing and affording quality child care. Figure 1 shows that among working families with a child under age 3, those who do not pay for child care are more likely to live in poor or low-income families than those who do pay for child care (61 percent versus 45 percent). (author abstract)
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Fact Sheets & Briefs
Country:
United States

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