Which families have too much parenting costs

The childcare cost of low -income families has shown a more obvious upward trend;

The childcare economy costs for employment families outside the system are higher;

No matter what the family is in the economic status, the childcare cost when raising the child 3 to 5 years old is the highest.

■ Shi Ren Bing Wangjun

The cost of fertility is the issue of many families at present. The study found--

The cost of parenting economy varies from class due to the class

The parenting costs of low -income families have shown a more obvious upward trend. The parenting costs of low -income families have fluctuated, and the childcare costs of high -income and high -income families have declined.

Higher education economy costs higher education. The cost of parenting economic costs of undergraduate and above education levels is higher than other groups within all statistics years, and the statistics of families with education levels are closely behind.

The childcare economy costs for employment families outside the system are higher. The childcare economy cost of employment families outside the system is higher than the childcare economy cost of employment families in the system.

The impact of school age on the cost of parenting economy varies from class due to class

Low -income families have paid higher economic costs for children 3 to 5 years old. Statistics show that no matter what the family is in the economic status, the childcare cost when raising the child 3 to 5 years old is the highest. Essence From the perspective of class differences, in relatively low -income families, the distribution of childcare economy costs in different ages is even more uneven.

High school and below are educated and educated. The cost of parenting economy of families is affected by children's age. Among the education levels of undergraduate and above, the highest value of childcare economy appears when the child is 0 to 2 and 6 to 11 years old, and the lowest value appears at the age of 12 to 14. Among the education levels of junior high school and below, the maximum value of the equivalent scale of childcare economy appears when the child is 3 to 5 years old, and the lowest value appears at the age of 15 to 17 years. In the education level of high schools, the distribution law of the corresponding statistics is similar to that of the education level of education.

The cost of childcare economy of out -of -employment families is affected by the age group of children. When children are 3 to 5 years old, employment families and employment families in the system have the largest difference in the economic cost of parenting in the system. In addition, the distribution of economic costs for employment families in the system is more balanced between different ages.

(Author Shiren Bing is a professor at the School of Social Sciences of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Wang Jun is a doctoral student in the School of Social Sciences of Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

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