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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.

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Census Bureau Releases Updated Estimates from NEWS Project

January 29, 2025

Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new findings from its National Experimental Well-Being Statistics (NEWS) project.
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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.
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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.

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A Child's Day: 2003 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being)

January 01, 2007

This report is the third examination of children’s well-being and their daily activities based on data from the SIPP.
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A Child's Day: 2000 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being)

August 01, 2003

This is the second report based on data from the SIPP which provides a portrait of the well-being of children and their daily activities.
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A Child's Day: 1994 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being)

February 01, 2001

This report presents findings from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) on the well-being of American children.

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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.
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A Child's Day: 2004 - Detailed Tables

October 01, 2004

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2004 Panel, Wave 3
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A Child's Day: 2003 - Detailed Tables

January 01, 2003

Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2001 Panel, Wave 7

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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.
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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.
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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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All 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.
Child Well-Being

Information collected on child wellbeing includes data on school experiences, participation in extracurricular activities and parental involvement.
Children

All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about children. The information collected varies.
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.
Same-Sex Couples

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