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How much does it cost to raise a child?

The United States Department of Agriculture prepares an annual report called “Expenditures on Children by Families.”   The report gives estimates on the cost of raising children of several ages in both two-parent and one-parent families.

The 2001 report can be found at http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Crc/crc2001.pdf


Author: Margaret VanGinkel, vangin@iastate.edu
Related Information:
"The Cost of Raising Children" - The University of Minnesota Extension [http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/businessmanagement/DF5899.html]
How much of a family's yearly income is spent on the children? This site helps you answer that question.
 
What does is cost to raise a child? Feature Article from University of Missouri [http://missourifamilies.org/features/financearticles/raisechild.htm]
One-page article summarizing the USDA report.
 
  
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