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July 2002

Expenditures of single parents: how does gender figure in?

Geoffrey D. Paulin, Yoon G. Lee

Regression analysis indicates that, for the most part, expenditure patterns are the same for both families headed by a single father and families headed by a single mother; among the few differences found were effects due to income, marital status, and age.

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