December 13, 2016
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Amy Traub,
Robert Hiltonsmith,
Tamara Draut
From the time a baby is born, American families are trapped between the need to provide care for their children and the necessity of earning income. The crisis of care is most acute when children are too young to be in school: we find that families with children under age 5 have significantly lower incomes and higher poverty rates than households with no children at all.
Demos (Demos is a public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy.)