A middle-income family may spend $234,900 to raise a child born in 2011 to the age of 18, a 3.5 percent increase in a year, according to a government report.
Expenses for child care and education, transportation and food represented the biggest jumps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today in a report. Adjusted for anticipated inflation, a child in a middle-class family would cost $295,560 to raise, the department said. The typical two-parent middle-income family spent $12,290 to $14,320 in 2011 on each child, the study found. Households that make less spend less, USDA researchers said. A family earning less than $59,410 a year will probably spend $169,080 in 2011 dollars to rear a child, while parents earning more than $102,870 may pay $389,670, according to the study.
at not procreating so you can save money. A truely selfish generation is being spawend.
I just realized something; I do forget to factor in a spouse.
Sorry, I'm single and it's hard to fathom.
@ If she wants to be a stay at home mom, though
, she gets knocked up pops kid out, daycare is expensive, or your child is autistic and needs that special care, or gasp you have twins she stays up but promises to go back to work when the kids are 4, 4 comes around it never happens, there you are the one man supporting 3 mouths
