National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

Document Type

Report

Abstract

In 2022, there were more than 64 million grandparents aged 40 and older in the United States, according to the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP, 2023). This figure represents 40% of adults aged 40 and older. The SIPP is a nationally representative household-based survey and is designed to provide comprehensive family and social information on individuals and families. Because the SIPP gathers information on all individuals who lived in a surveyed household, and directly asks respondents if they are a grandparent, it is one of the few surveys that identifies both non-resident and resident grandparents. Using data from the 2023 SIPP, this profile updates FP-14-12 written by Stykes, Manning, and Brown (2014), FP-18-05 written by Wu (2018), and FP-23-03 written by Westrick-Payne (2023) to examine grandparents’ age composition, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and relationship status by residential status of grandchildren in 2022. This is the second profile in our updated series on grandparents in the U.S.

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

National Center for Family and Marriage Research

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