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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.
<b>Units of Response: </b>Custodial Parents
<b>Type of Data: </b>Survey
<b>Tribal Data: </b>Unavailable
<b>COVID-19 Data: </b>No
<b>Periodicity: </b>Biennial
<b>SORN: </b> https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/SORNs/census-3.html
<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>Unavailable
<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>Unavailable
<b>Equity Indicators: </b>Geographic Areas;Household Income;Housing Status;Indigenous Population;Sex
<b>Granularity: </b>Family;Household;Individual
<b>Spatial: </b>United States
<b>Geocoding: </b>FIPS Code
Data and resources (4)
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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
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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
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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
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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