Acid definition, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base.
Middle income families spend a great deal more on their children and receive vastly less government assistance with a net cost of $375 per week and a lifelong cost of $449,513. The high income family spends $734 per week and receives, on average, just $1 per week in assistance.n our first report back in 2002 we found that it cost a typical family $448,000 to raise two children from birth until they left home (Percival and Harding, 2002). In our 2007 report we found that this cost had increased to $537,000 (Percival et al, 2007).
Map: Australia. The cost of raising children in Australia has skyrocketed in the past five years, with middle-income families spending up to $458 a week to raise a child.A report from AMP and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) looked at the cost of raising children in Australia across all income groups.It has found middle-income families have had the biggest increase in costs, and are now spending up to 50 per cent more than in 2007.The cost of (raising) two children to the age of 21 is about $800,000, Ben Phillips, a NATSEM researcher said. report from AMP and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) looked at the cost of raising children in Australia across all income groups. It has found middle-income families have had the biggest increase in costs, and are now spending up to 50 per cent more than in 2007.