Are there children under 5 years old in your household?

Children under 5 in household · Asked in 37 waves, 2021–2024 · 790,160 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, week46, week47, week48, week49, week50, week51, week52, week53, week54, week55, week56, week57, week58, week59, week60, week61, week62, week63, cycle01, cycle02, cycle03, cycle04, cycle05, cycle06, cycle07. Select-all checkbox item. Code 1 = box checked; 0 = left unchecked by a respondent who checked another box in the same question (derived from Census's -99); -99 = saw the question and checked nothing (skipped). The question offers no 'none of these' box, so a respondent to whom no option applied looks like one who skipped it (-99 on every box); shares of 1 and 0 are among respondents who checked at least one box.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Children under 5 in hhld37%

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)63%

Shares in 2024

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region

Children under 5 in hhld

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)

18–29

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Children under 5 in hhld

Answers as the source codes them

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Children under 5 in hhldSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable KIDS_LT5Y. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22	web	70,429	21,421
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable KIDS_LT5Y. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24	web	72,125	21,689
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable KIDS_LT5Y. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27	web	72,162	21,371
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29) Source variable KIDS_LT5Y. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29	web	73,352	21,798
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 03 (2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01) Source variable KIDS_LT5Y. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-03-05 to 2024-04-01	web	71,798	21,553
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 02 (2024-02-06 to 2024-03-04)

Group	Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)	Children under 5 in hhld	n	MoE
All respondents	63%	37%	21421	±1
AK	57%	43%	312	±9
AL	58%	42%	309	±7
AR	58%	42%	322	±7
AZ	63%	37%	533	±7
CA	62%	38%	1485	±6
CO	60%	40%	503	±8
CT	59%	41%	353	±7
DC	60%	40%	205	±13
DE	70%	30%	205	±10
FL	61%	39%	657	±6
GA	63%	37%	547	±7
HI	67%	33%	208	±11
IA	61%	39%	359	±7
ID	63%	37%	518	±8
IL	64%	36%	504	±6
IN	61%	39%	445	±6
KS	60%	40%	436	±7
KY	60%	40%	332	±7
LA	69%	31%	332	±7
MA	62%	38%	499	±7
MD	70%	30%	472	±7
ME	63%	37%	231	±9
MI	61%	39%	465	±7
MN	59%	41%	431	±6
MO	53%	47%	386	±7
MS	65%	35%	331	±8
MT	62%	38%	223	±10
NC	64%	36%	394	±8
ND	68%	32%	197	±12
NE	63%	37%	377	±7
NH	65%	35%	270	±9
NJ	64%	36%	428	±7
NM	61%	39%	364	±9
NV	65%	35%	304	±8
NY	62%	38%	366	±8
OH	70%	30%	330	±8
OK	62%	38%	350	±7
OR	70%	30%	432	±7
PA	65%	35%	487	±7
RI	64%	36%	236	±9
SC	57%	43%	385	±7
SD	55%	45%	217	±9
TN	60%	40%	448	±7
TX	64%	36%	1061	±6
UT	56%	44%	854	±5
VA	64%	36%	568	±6
VT	63%	37%	182	±11
WA	65%	35%	769	±6
WI	62%	38%	331	±8
WV	62%	38%	270	±9
WY	62%	38%	198	±9