The March 2026 monthly data and the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
UH_HH18_A1
Number of persons in household under age 18, 1976-2025
Codes
UH_HH18_A1 is a 2-digit numeric variable.
0 = None
Description
Number of persons in household under age 18 - 1976-2025
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
Warning: Comparisions of this variable with a created count variable (count if 0 lte age lte 17) indicate that hh18 values are too high in some years (2percent of the cases in 1990); in some, the hh18 value is higher than total count of people in the household (numper).
Universe
- All household records.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 – 2014 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 – 2025 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
