Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-04-21 05:01:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C064F1587F1C09C313E17BF0B0BEBE4EBBBB66E295A5F9E7FDF8350484C77741
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In 2017, the USDA projected from a 2015 survey an inflation-adjusted cost to raise a child through age 17 of $284,570 https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/01/13/cost-raising-child The figure of $310,605 reported by Bloomberg, etc. comes from a 2022 Brookings Inst reanalysis of the USDA 2015 survey reflecting current inflation trends https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2022/08/30/its-getting-more-expensive-to-raise-children-and-government-isnt-doing-much-to-help/
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