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Men think childcare is affordable. Women don’t.

When it comes to the affordability of childcare, men have a much rosier report. Our American Opportunity Survey unveiled that men with children at home were nearly 50 percent more likely than women to say that they could afford childcare. The differences are even more glaring between men and women in urban and rural areas.

Men think childcare is affordable. Women don’t.
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To read the article, see “Unequal America: Ten insights on the state of economic opportunity,” May 26, 2021.