Hello,
I was wondering why the CSDAYS variable is not available for 2023 in IPUMS when it seems to have been released with the 2023 CPS-Child Support Supplement data. CSDAYS is available till 2020, and the other CSS variables are available in 2023 but CSDAYS is not. How do I get this variable for the 2023 data?
IPUMS CPS did not update CSDAYS with the rest of the 2023 Child Support Supplement because of a change in the composition of the underlying variable. Prior to 2023, this is a continuous variable reporting the number of days the biological parent living outside the household spent with his/her child(ren), ranging from 0 and 365 days. Beginning in 2023, PES605 was replaced by a categorical variable. I have made a note that we should prioritize in a future CPS release. In the meantime, you can merge observations from the original CPS data file with your IPUMS CPS extract using the linking keys HRHHID, HRHHID2, and LINENO (referred to as PULINENO in the CB data).