Not only are they a significant income to a family, they are important drivers to the USA economy. More and more women need daycare for their children.
Every week parents are paying for someone to care for their children in order to support the family. That is a significant expense to American families that contributes to the USA economy. It isn't disposable income, however, it is a necessity.
Pre-K educations in public schools with daycare options would help immensely to providing more disposable income and/or savings to realize the American Dream.
Paying for a half day of daycare rather than long hours of daycare will reduce the drag on Americans' budgets. It is also a strong beginning to a child's education.
Make it a campaign issue and make it happen. It benefits families as well as our economy and upward mobility. It is good policy and good politics.
Fifty-eight percent of women (click here) in the United States age 16 and over participate in the labor force (working or looking for work). This includes 57 percent of White women, 60 percent of Black women, 57 percent of Hispanic women, and 57 percent of Asian women.
Our nation’s 67 million working women4 hold nearly half of today’s jobs.5 Of these 67 million working women, about 52.8 million are White, 8.6 million are Black, and 3.6 million are Asian.6 Women of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (who may be of any race) make up 9.2 million of the 67 million women workers.
The fact sheets highlight the different situations of the larger populations of women of color in the U.S. labor force. It assembles selected Federal government data and statistical resources to present a picture of the economic status of Black, Asian, and Hispanic women in the labor force. Sufficient data were not available on the relatively smaller populations of American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander women in the labor force, so they are excluded....
Every week parents are paying for someone to care for their children in order to support the family. That is a significant expense to American families that contributes to the USA economy. It isn't disposable income, however, it is a necessity.
Pre-K educations in public schools with daycare options would help immensely to providing more disposable income and/or savings to realize the American Dream.
Paying for a half day of daycare rather than long hours of daycare will reduce the drag on Americans' budgets. It is also a strong beginning to a child's education.
Make it a campaign issue and make it happen. It benefits families as well as our economy and upward mobility. It is good policy and good politics.Fifty-eight percent of women (click here) in the United States age 16 and over participate in the labor force (working or looking for work). This includes 57 percent of White women, 60 percent of Black women, 57 percent of Hispanic women, and 57 percent of Asian women.
Our nation’s 67 million working women4 hold nearly half of today’s jobs.5 Of these 67 million working women, about 52.8 million are White, 8.6 million are Black, and 3.6 million are Asian.6 Women of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (who may be of any race) make up 9.2 million of the 67 million women workers.
The fact sheets highlight the different situations of the larger populations of women of color in the U.S. labor force. It assembles selected Federal government data and statistical resources to present a picture of the economic status of Black, Asian, and Hispanic women in the labor force. Sufficient data were not available on the relatively smaller populations of American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander women in the labor force, so they are excluded....
