Information collected on child wellbeing through the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) has evolved over the years to include a broad range of data on school experiences, participation in extracurricular activities and parental involvement.

News

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National Family Week: November 19-25, 2023

November 19, 2023

In 2022, there were 83.3 million families in the U.S. and average family size had shrunk to 3.11 from 3.20 in 2007, according to the American Community Survey.

Press Release

Census Bureau Releases First Ever Report on Men's Fertility

June 13, 2019

About 61.6% of men (74.7 million men) age 15 and over are fathers, and of those, 72.2 million men have a biological child.

Press Release

School Engagement Higher for Children in Extracurricular Activities

November 06, 2018

A new report shows that children tend to have higher levels of school engagement when involved in one or more activities, like sports, lessons or clubs.

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Publications

Publication

Men's Fertility & Fatherhood: 2014

June 13, 2019

This report describes the fatherhood and fertility of men in the United States.

Publication

A Child's Day: Parental Interaction, School Engagement, and Activities

November 06, 2018

This report uses SIPP data to analyze a number of school- and home-related child well-being measures.

Publication

A Child's Day: Living Arrangements, Nativity, Family Transitions: 2011

December 2014

The well-being of children is a growing area of interest to researchers and policy makers who focus on the social, cognitive, and economic security of children.

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Data

Table

A Child's Day: Historical Tables and Figures

April 2022

Table package showing the distributions of school-aged children across school outcomes using estimates from the SIPP data collected in 1998 - 2020.

A Child's Day: 2011 - Detailed Tables

2011

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008 Panel, Wave 10

Population

A Child's Day: 2009 - Detailed Tables

2009

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008 Panel, Wave 4

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Working Papers

Working Paper

Examining the Rise in Childhood Disability

December 2023

This paper uses 2008-2019 ACS data to examine differences in disability rates between immigrant and non-immigrant children, and differences by race/ethnicity.

Working Paper

It’s Family Time! Parent-Child Interactions by Race and Ethnicity

April 14, 2023

Frequent parent-child dinners, outings and reading varied by race and ethnicity, socioeconomic characteristics, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Working Paper

Parenthood and Partnerships Among Young Adults

August 10, 2021

This paper uses the 2018 SIPP to analyze the socioeconomic characteristics, living arrangements, and parental involvement patterns of parents 15-22 years old.

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Other Subtopics Within 'Families and Living Arrangements'

Child Care

Information collected on child care has evolved over the years to include comprehensive data on child care use, cost, and receipt of government assistance.

Child Support

Child support can be an important income source for children and their custodial parents who receive these payments.

Children

All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about children. The information collected varies.

Families and Households

All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about the residents of each housing unit and how they are related.

Fertility

Information about the fertility of American women both for the nation as a whole as well as for individual states and lower level geography.

Grandparents and Grandchildren

Households include a variety of living arrangements, one being an increase in grandparents living with grandchildren.

Marriage and Divorce

The U.S. Census Bureau provides the current marital status of persons, by age, sex, and race and the estimated median age at first marriage for men and women.

Same-Sex Couples

Data about same-sex couples, including married and unmarried couples.

Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI)

U.S. Census Bureau data on these topics can help measure the growing diverse, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) populations.