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Survey of Income and Program Participation Data on Families and Living Arrangements

Survey of Income and Program Participation is a longitudinal panel survey of demographic information, income, labor force characteristics, and program participation in the United States with supplemental topical modules including questions on topics such as child well being, child care and detailed household relationships.

Data Tables, Products and Reports

Data about detailed children’s living arrangements are available at the national level from 1991 to the present on the SIPP page of the Children topic.

For additional information about SIPP, visit the SIPP Web site.

When Households Continue, Discontinue, and Form 
  • Report [PDF - 8.8K]  (P23-179)  Published 1992.
  • Appendix [PDF - 8.8K]

Other Technical and Analytical Reports

Fact Sheet: Differences in the Marital Status Estimates from the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, Survey of Income and Program Participation, and Decennial Census.

Fact Sheet: Differences in the Households and Family Estimates from the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, Survey of Income and Program Participation, and Decennial Census Participation, and Decennial Census.

Related Papers and Presentations

Measures of Help Available to Households in Need: Their Relation to Well-being, Welfare, and Work [HTML] [PDF - 90K], by Kurt J. Bauman and Barbara A. Downs. (Paper Number 42)  Issued May 2000.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Families and Living Arrangements |  Last Revised: 2012-06-13T12:48:29.58-04:00