Because of an increase in the work-force participation rate for women, the availability of uncompensated child care (free care by aunts, sisters, and grandmothers)has become less available to poor women so as a consequence the fact that child care must now be paid for suggests that the

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The fact that poor women now have to pay for child care suggests that the poverty rate is understated. This is because the poverty rate is calculated based on income, and if poor women have to spend a significant portion of their income on child care, they may fall below the poverty line even if their income is technically above it.

Because of an Increase in the Work-Force Participation Rate for Women