- In 1990, David M. Betson published a study of child-rearing expenditures funded by U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services as part of the effort to help states with their guidelines reviews.
- The study was called “Alternative Estimates of the Cost of Children from the 1980‐86 Consumer Expenditure Survey, Report to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation”, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, Wisconsin (1990).
- The study used both Engel and Rothbarth estimation methods.
- The study used 1980-1986 CES Data.
- It also used Per Capita Method and Indirect Cost Proxy.
- Used in conjunction with Income Shares.
- As a proportion of total household expenditures, child rearing expenditures using the Rothbarth estimation method are 24% for one child, 34% for two children, and 39% for three children.
- No states currently use this study