Information collected on child care through the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) has evolved over the years to include comprehensive data on child care use, cost, and receipt of government assistance.
News
Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.1 Biweekly Data Release
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.1 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey.
Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.1
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the beginning of data collection for phase 3.1 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey.
National Child's Day: November 20, 2020
The majority of America’s 73.5M children under 18 live in households with two parents (70%). The second most common are children living with mother only (21%).
Publications
Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2011
Deciding which child care arrangement to use has become an increasingly important family issue as maternal employment has become the norm.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012
This publication is a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2005/Summer 2006
This report shows the number and characteristics of children in different types of child care arrangements in the spring of 2005 and the summer of 2006.
Working Papers
Using Administrative Records to Evaluate Child Care Expense Reporting
In this poster, we link self-reported child care expenses in the CPS ASEC to CCDF child care subsidy administrative records to see how closely they align.
Child Care Cost Estimates in SIPP and CPS ASEC
This paper compares child care cost estimates in SIPP and CPS ASEC.
Father-Provided Child Care among Married Couples
This paper looks at the economic shock of job loss among fathers on the provision of father-provided child care among married couple with an employed wife.