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National Stepfamily Day: September 16, 2023

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National Stepfamily Day: September 16, 2023

Press Release Number CB23-SFS.133

National Stepfamily Day is celebrated annually on September 16 and was founded by stepparent Christy Tusing-Borgeld in 1997. The 2000 Census was the first decennial census to collect information on the type of relationship between householders and their children, whether biological, step or adoptive. The same answer categories were introduced to the American Community Survey in 2008. Beginning in 2007, the Current Population Survey asked respondents to identify both a co-resident mother and father, as well as the type of relationship between the child and their parents.

Key Stats

Source: 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates  

aff Table B09018, Relationship to Householder for Children Under 18 Years in Households, find Stepchild in the table image below
aff Table B09019, Household Type (Including Living Alone) by Relationship, find Stepchild

Note: Table B09018 above is transposed and cropped on the right to highlight the United States. Click on the image for the full table.

More Stats

From Census.gov > Topics > Families and Living Arrangements:

web About Families and Living Arrangements
web Families and Households
web Glossary, Definition, Stepfamily

From the Newsroom > Stats for Stories (SFS):   

web National Parents’ Day: July 23, 2023
web Father’s Day: June 18, 2023
web Mother's Day: May 14, 2023
web National Spouses Day: January 26, 2023
web National Family Week: November 20-26, 2022
web National Child's Day: November 20, 2022

Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC); 2008 and 2018 American Community Survey (ACS); and Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2014.

pdf Report: Living Arrangements of Children: 2019, Household Economic Studies, P70-174 (February 2022) [<1.0 MB]

Outside Links

web Congressional Record Online, In Recognition of Stepfamily Day 2000
web National Stepfamily Resource Center (a division of Auburn University’s Center for Children, Youth, and Families)
web The Stepfamily Foundation
web The Stepmom Project, Interview with the Founder of National Stepfamily Day: Christy Tusing-Borgeld
web U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
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