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Current Population Survey - Child Support Supplement

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Updated Oct 29, 2026

About this dataset

The Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) Child Support Supplement (CSS) collects detailed information about child support agreements and awards, including both required payments and amounts actually received, as well as data about the socioeconomic characteristics of custodial parents and their families. Units of Response: Custodial Parents Type of Data: Survey Tribal Data: Unavailable COVID-19 Data: No Periodicity: Biennial SORN: https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/SORNs/census-3.html Data Use Agreement: Unavailable Data Use Agreement Location: Unavailable Equity Indicators: Geographic Areas;Household Income;Housing Status;Indigenous Population;Sex Granularity: Family;Household;Individual Spatial: United States Geocoding: FIPS Code

Data and resources (4)

  • HTML

    April 2018 Current Population Survey (CPS) with Child Support Supplement (CSS)

    The April portion of this file, the child support supplement, was asked of all persons 15 years old and older, with children present in the household. Data are used to determine the size and distribution of the population with children affected by divorce or separation, or other means. These data…

    Modified Oct 29, 2026

    Open link: April 2018 Current Population Survey (CPS) with Child Support Supplement (CSS)
  • HTML

    April 2018 Current Population Survey (CPS) with Child Support Supplement (CSS)

    The April portion of this file, the child support supplement, was asked of all persons 15 years old and older, with children present in the household. Data are used to determine the size and distribution of the population with children affected by divorce or separation, or other means. These data…

    Modified Aug 13, 2026

    Open link: April 2018 Current Population Survey (CPS) with Child Support Supplement (CSS)
  • HTML

    2017 Child Support Detailed Tables

    The CPS-CSS provides demographic information about custodial parents as of 2018, as well as child support and other income or program data for the 2017 calendar year. Temporal: 4/1/2018, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF

    Modified Aug 13, 2026

    Open link: 2017 Child Support Detailed Tables
  • HTML

    2017 Child Support Detailed Tables

    The CPS-CSS provides demographic information about custodial parents as of 2018, as well as child support and other income or program data for the 2017 calendar year. Temporal: 4/1/2018, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF

    Modified Oct 29, 2026

    Open link: 2017 Child Support Detailed Tables
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