Data on Children of Working Families in Maine

• 65.4% of children under age 6 in Maine live in homes where all adults work.^*
• 74.4% of children age 6 - 17 in Maine live in homes where all adults work.^*
• The average annual cost of full-time, year-round child care in Maine is $7,419 for an infant and $5,479 for a four-year-old.  The average annual cost of public college tuition in Maine is $4,058.^**
• Nationally, 45% of employees with families report that there is "some" or "a lot" of interference between their jobs and their family lives.^***

The National Study of the Changing Workforce finds that, "the importance of supportive work-life policies and practices, such as flexible work arrangements, is clear - when they are available, employees exhibit more positive work outcomes, such as job satisfaction, commitment to employer, and retention, as well as more positive life outcomes, such as less interference between job and family life, less negative spillover from job to home, greater life satisfaction, and better mental health."^***

^* Source: "Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Fiscal Year 2003," US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services. (www.nccic.org/statepro/maine.html)

^** Source: Maine Office of Child Care and Head Start: "State of Child Care in Maine, 2002".

^*** Source: Families and Work Institute: "Highlights of the National Study of the Changing Workforce Executive Summary, 2002".

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