A newer version of this project is available. See below for other available versions.

State-by-State Spending on Kids Dataset

Name: State-by-State Spending on Kids Dataset
Published: 2020-09-02
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Julia Isaacs, Urban Institute; Eleanor Lauderback, Urban Institute; Erica Greenberg, Urban Institute

Version: View help for Version V3

Name	File Type	Size	Last Modified
State-by-State Spending on Kids Data Dictionary File.xlsx	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet	17 KB	09/03/2020 12:29:PM
State-by-State Spending on Kids.dta	application/x-stata	400.5 KB	09/03/2020 12:14:PM
State-by-State Spending on Kids.xlsx	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet	719 KB	09/03/2020 12:03:PM

Project Citation:

Isaacs, Julia, Lauderback, Eleanor, and Greenberg, Erica. State-by-State Spending on Kids Dataset. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-09-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120914V3

Project Description

Summary: This dataset provides a comprehensive accounting of public spending on children from 1997 through 2016. It draws on the US Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, as well as several federal and other noncensus sources, to capture state-by-state spending on education, income security, health, and other areas. The data were assembled by Julia Isaacs, Eleanor Lauderback, and Erica Greenberg of the Urban Institute, working in collaboration with Margot Jackson of Brown University for her study of public spending on children and class gaps in child development, with support from the Russell Sage Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the foundation or National Institutes of Health.

Funding Sources: Russell Sage Foundation (83-18-23); United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (1R03HD097421-01)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: children; education; income support; health; safety net; spending; government spending; expenditures; government expenditures; education expenditures; social expenditures; health expenditures

Geographic Coverage: United States of America

Time Period(s): 1997 – 2016

Collection Date(s): 2018 – 2020

Universe: All public spending on kids in the US.

Data Type(s): administrative records data; census/enumeration data; survey data

Collection Notes: Please see the data dictionary for source and imputation information. Data are limited by the categories included in source datasets and by availability in some states and years.

Methodology

Data Source: The primary data sources are the US Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, the Internal Revenue Service’s Statistics of Income Historic Tables, the Social Security Administration's Annual Statistical Supplement and other federal agency websites, and other sources as detailed in the data dictionary.

Unit(s) of Observation: State-by-year

Geographic Unit: State

Related Publications

Download this project

Published Versions

Export Metadata

Dublin Core

DDI 2.5

Report a Problem

Found a serious problem with the data, such as disclosure risk or copyrighted content? Let us know.

This material is distributed exactly as it arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.