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A
Academic researchers, input from, 6,12,
83-84, 237-238, 240, 241-242
Addresses, selection of, 92, 120, 121-
123
Administrative records, 3, 31-33, 36,
38-41, 45, 56-58, 86, 87-90, 215,
218
forward record checks, 6, 11, 33, 90,
208-209, 215, 216, 217, 218, 224,
226
full (or reverse) record checks, 31
32, 57, 89-90, 215, 218
in multiple-frame samples, 89, 126
128
IRS, 31-32, 40, 45, 59, 61-62, 90,
218
Advisory processes, 6, 12, 240-243
After-tax income, 7, 37-38, 39, 58-59,
61-62, 67
Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC), 16-17, 40, 45,
46, 48, 52, 53, 55, 57, 74-75, 78-
79, 95, 107-108, 113, 127, 171,
184, 208, 214
277
American Housing Survey, 39, 122
American Statistical Association
(ASA), 168, 197, 202n, 238, 239-
240, 242
Analysis staff, see Staff
Analysis UllitS, 172-176
ASPE, see Department of Health and
Human Services
Assets and asset income, 7, 18, 27, 37,
42, 44, 45, 49-51, 54, 58, 59, 60,
68-72, 221-222
Association of Public Data Users
(APDU), 197, 239, 242-243
At-nsk population, see Economically
at-risk population
Attribute measures, 172, 173, 176
Attrition, 20, 93n, 96n, 98, 99, 100-104,
114, 119, 183-184, 215-216
Autoquest, 146
B
Balance sheets, see Assets and asset
income
Behavioral dynamics, 19, 23
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see also Longitudinal studies; Spells
and transitions
Bias, see Attrition; Censoring effect;
Imputation of data; Seam effects;
Time-in-sample effects;
Undercoverage; Weighting
adjustments
Black population, 62-63, 213-214
see also Undercoverage
BLAISE, 147
Budget constraints, 14, 15, 16, 20, 92,
93
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 21,
44n, 165
C
Caregiving, 36, 72
CASES, 147
CD-ROM data files, 151, 194-195
Censoring effect, 94, 98, 107-108, 182,
183-184
see also Spells and Transitions
Censuses, decennial, 15, 210, 214
Center for Survey Methods Research,
228
Child care, 65, 72
Children, 9, 22, 35-36, 78, 92, 128-130
Cognitive research, 6, 11, 32, 208, 220
226
Computer-assisted personal
interviewing (CAPI), 4, 9, 23,
124, 137-147, 151-152
costs, 143
telephone (CATI), 124, 138-140,
210-211
transition issues, 9, 153-157, 210, 225
Computer simulation, see
Microsimulation models
Conditioning, see Time-in-sample
effects
Conference on the Future of SIPP, 33,
34-36, 268-269
Confidentiality, 3, 33, 61, 88-89, 135
Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX),
44n, 109
Consumption measures, 36, 43-44
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Contextual variables, 176-178
Continuous error monitoring, 6, 11,
217-219
Core interviews and statistics, 15, 67,
71, 75-76, 93, 169-170
analysis units, 172-176
contextual variables, 176-178
data releases, 21, 136- 137, 159, 163,
165, 169-189, 190-191
equivalence scales, 179- 181
nonresponse, 51 -54, 69-70, - 186- 189
policy issues, 170-172
and rotation groups, 117
spells and transitions, 181 - 186
Costs, computer-assisted interviewing,
143
data processing, 131-132
field operations, 124, 131 - 132, 134
Credit, access to, 7, 36, 73
Cross-sectional studies, 5, 10, 94-95,
97-98, 104, 110-111, 173-174
data products, 159, 163-165, 190
imputations and weighting, 149-150,
187, 21 1, 212
Current Population Survey (CPS)
March income supplement, 3, 8,
26-27, 38-41, 55, 59, 74, 85-87,
10S, 234n
coverage ratios, 62-63
nonresponse rates, 45, 52-54
P-60 series, 40, 85-86, 159, 164, 172
D
Data accuracy and quality, issues, 20,
22-23, 98-100
reports on, 6, 11, 165, 196-197, 199,
206, 219
see also Attrition; Continuous error
monitoring; Imputation of data;
Nonresponse rates; Response
errors; Seam effects; Time-in-
sample effects; Undercoverage;
Weighting adjustments
Database management systems
(DBMS), 4, 9, 23, 136, 138, 147
152
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relational database management
systems (RDBMS), 147-148, 152,
190
transition issues, 4, 9, 153-157, 225
Data collection, see Interviewing;
Questionnaires
Data processing, 134-138
costs, 131-132
staff and workload, 9, 152-153, 156-
157
see also Computer-assisted personal
interviewing; Database
management systems; Imputation
of data; Weighting adjustments
Data products, 4-5, 9-10, 20-21,38,228
core data, 21,136-137,159,163,
165,169-189,190-191
delivery media, 194-195
release of, 29,111,136-137,141,
159-163
support services, 10-11, 196-201
see also Documentation; Microdata
products; P-70 series; P-60 series;
Publications; Public-use files
Data User Services Division, 228
D.C. Users' Group, 236-238
Debt, 60, 69
Decennial censuses, 15, 120, 214
Demographic data, 7, 10, 19, 66, 166
168
Demographic Directorate, 228-230
Demographic Statistical Methods
Division (DSMD), 228
Demographic Surveys Division (DSD),
228-233 passim
Department of Health and Human
Services, Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, 27-28,
233
Dependency, see Welfare dependency
Design alternatives, 3=, 91, 95-100
current, 92-94
recommendations, 8,117-119
user views on, 94-95
Diagnostics in software, 145-146
Dissertations based on SIPP data, 265,
267
279
Dividends, see assets and asset income
Divorce, see Marriage arid marital
status
Documentations, 5, 10, 21, 137, 151,
1 95-200
see also Microdata products;
Services for users
Dress-rehearsal panel, 4, 9, 155-157
Dual-frame samples, 127-128
E
Earnings, 38, 170, 221
Economic resources, measures of, 37,
43-45,54,56, 72-73
see also Assets and asset income;
Equivalence scales; Income; In-
kind benefits
Economically at-risk population, 2,7,
34,36,42,54,123,125
Editing procedures, 57, 135,137,141
Elderly, den, 121,179
Eligibility for programs, 3,7, 18, SO,
41-42,68,73-76,84,171
see also Participation in programs;
Spells and Transitions
Employee benefits, 63-65
Employment, 66,166-167
Equivalence scales, 44n, 179-181
Errors, see Continuous error
monitoring; Data accuracy and
quality; Imputation of data;
Keying errors; Reference and
recall periods; Response errors;
Seam effects; Undercoverage;
Weighting adjustments
F
Face-to-face interviewing, 132-134, see
also Computer-assisted personal
interviewing
Families, as analytic units, 172-176
composition, 3, 7, 22-23, 35-36, 66-
67, 75-76, 173, 175
see also Children; Marriage and
marital status
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Federal agencies, input from, 127 SO,
84, 236-237, 241-242
Federal Reserve Board (FRB), 60, 71
Field operations, see Interviewing
File storage media, 194-195
Fixed topical modules, 15, 82
Following rules, 128-130
Food stamps, 16-17, 18, 40, 45, 47, 48,
51-53, 55, 63, 76, 79, 95, 113,
171, 184
Forward record checks, see
Administrative records
Fringe benefits, 63-65
Funding of SIPP, 14, 15, 16, 20, 92, 93,
93-94, 230
Fungible value, of in-kind benefits, 64
G
Goals of SIPP, early development, 26-33
overview, 2-3, 14
recommendations, 7-8, 41-42, 67
views and perspectives, 33-41
H
Headquarters operations, 135-138
Health insurance, 18-19, 47, 63-65
status, 81, 105
Hierarchical data bases, see Relational
database management systems
Higher-income households, 28, 31
Home ownership, 44, 68
Household Economic Studies (P-70
series), 86, 159-163, 167, 172
Households, as analytic units, 172-176
composition, 19, 22-23, 35-36, 66-
67, 75-76, 173, 175
production, 72
Housing and Household Economic
Statistics (HHES) Division, 39,
90, 198, 228, 230
I
Imputation of data, 54, 57-58, 135, 149
150, 186-187, 194, 211-213
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Income, data releases, 162-163, 170-171
measures of, 2-3, 7, 37, 44-45, 56-
58, 172-174
nonresponse rates, 45, 52-54
sources, 46-48
see also After-tax income; Assets
and asset income; Higher-income
households; Poverty and low
Income
Income Survey Development Program
(ISDP), 27-29, 32-33, 58, 95n,
102,108,127,203,233
Income tax, see Taxation
Individual Master File (IMP), 61, 218
Informed consent, 126
INGRES, 191
In-kind benefits, 3, 7, 28, 38, 39, 44,
62-67, 171-172
Institutionalized population, 9, 23, 78,
128-130
Insurance, see Health insurance
Interest, see Assets and asset income
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), see
Administrative records
Interviewing, 13 1-134
staff, 132-134, 143
see also Computer-assisted personal
interviewing; Core interviews and
statistics; Interview waves;
Questionnaires; Telephone
interviews; Topical modules
Interview waves, 4, 8, 14, 91-93, 94,
97, 112, 154, 157
attrition in, 101-103
data files, 190, 191, 193
imputation of data, 1 12, 149-150,
21 1-213
and rotation groups, 93, 1 14-1 17
see also Following rules
K
Keying errors, 134, 138-139
L
Labor force data, 51, 66, 86, 166-167
Liabilities, see Debt
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Living arrangements, see Families;
Households
Longitudinal studies, 23, 29, 30, 66, 77,
94, 95, 104, 125-126, 142
data products, 5, 9, 163, 164, 168,
190-191
and household definitions, 174-176
imputations and weighting, 135,
149-150, 186-189, 211-213
spell analysis, 181 - 186
Low income, see Poverty and low
income
M
Magnetic tape formats, 190, 194
Management structure, 6, 11 - 12, 227-
236, 240-241
March CPS, see Current Population
Survey
Market value of in-kind benefits, 64
Mamage and marital status, 17, 19,
166, 168, 175, 177-178
Medicaid, 19, 47, 63, 64, 78, 221
Medicare, 47, 63, 64
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey,
139-140
Men, see Undercoverage
Methodology research and evaluation,
overview, 5-6, 202-206
recommendations, 11, 216-217
reports on, 165, 196-197
see also Questionnaires; specific
survey components
Microdata products, 5, 10, 39-40, 135,
136-137, 189-201, 238-239
Microsimulation models, 27, 87, 94-95
Missing data, see Imputation of data;
Nonresponse rates; Weighting
adjustments
Missing wave module, 205
Models and modeling, eligibility, 171
microsimulation, 27, 87, 94-95
spell duration, 212-213
taxation, 39, 61
Movers and moving, 92, 100-102, 119,
121-122
281
Multiple-frame samples, see
Administrative records
Multiple program participation, 17, 171
N
National Crime Survey (NCS), 105, 109
National Income and Product Accounts
(NIPA), 59, 69, 71, 218
National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor
Market Experience (NES), 77,
107, 265-267
youth supplement (NLSY), 139, 147
Nest leaving, 19
Newborns, weighting of, 187- 188
Noncash transfers, see In-kind benefits
Nonresponse rates, 20, 45, 48, 51-54,
58, 69-70, 186-189, 224
see also Attrition; Imputation of data
Nutritional requirements, 179
o
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), 26-27, 236-237, 241
Older population, 121, 179
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1990, 65
On-line data access, 192, 195, 199-200
Organization, see Management structure
Overlapping panels, 110- 112
Oversampling, 8, 36, 93, 97-98, 113,
119-128, 120-125, 210, 219
Oversight, 6, 12, 236-243
P
Panels, 20, 92-100
frequency, 94-95, 99, 111-112, 117
118
length, 4, 8, 35, 78, 94-95, 107-108,
117-118, 125-126, 215
overlap, 110-112
size, 8, 14, 36, 93-94, 112-113, 117
118
weighting adjustments, 186
see also Attrition; Censoring effect;
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Interview waves; Oversampling;
Rotation groups; Time-in-sample
effects
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
(PSID), 17, 77, 96, 102-103, 146,
267
Participation in programs, 2-3, 7, 41-42,
56-57, 73-74, 171, 176
history, 78-79
multiple, 17, 171
see also Eligibility for programs;
Recidivism; Spells and
transitions
Policy issues, 22, 26, 37-38, 241-242
core data, 170-172
and topical modules, 80, 83-84
Population Division (POP), 228, 230
Poverty and low income, equivalence
scales, 179-180
and household definitions, 175
oversampling, 36, 120-125, 210
tax burden, 59
see also Income; Spells and
transitions
Primary sampling units (PSUs), 120,
123
Processing, see Data processing
Programming, see Database
management systems
P-70 senes, 86,159-163,167,172
P-60 senes, 40, 85-86,159,164,172
Publications, 5, 10, 39-40, 111, 136-
137,158-169, 239-240
by SIPP users, 265-267
see also P-70 series; P-60 senes;
Research reports
Public-use files, 151, 191-195
see also Microdata products
Q
Quarterly data releases, 159,161-163
Query language, 148
Questionnaire Implementation System
Census (QUISC), 145-147
Questionnaires, 11, 23,32,90,110,
111-112,133,137,141-143
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cognitive research, 11, 32,208,220-
226
and computerization, 138-49 passim,
153-156
content evaluation, 206-209
processing, 134-135,141
screening interviews, 8,123-125
see also Core interviews; Topical
modules
R
Ratio-estimation procedure s, 213 -214
Recall, see Reference and recall periods
Recidivism, 77-78, 108
Record checks, see Administrative
records
Records, use of, 223-224,
Rectangular data files, 190, 193
Reference and recall periods, 8, 94-95,
98,99,108-110,114,118-119,
209-210,222,223
Refusals, see Attrition
Regional office operations, 134-135,
147
Relational database management
systems (RDBMS), see Database
management systems
Research reports, 5, 10, 165-166, 168
see also Methodology research and
evaluation
Response errors, 38-39, 57, 89-90, 99,
108, 209, 221-223
asset items, 69, 71-72
Right-censoring effect, 94, 107-108,
182, 183-184
Rotation groups, 8, 91-92, 95, 104-105,
1 14-1 17, 1 17, 1 19, 190-191
S
Samples, see Attrition; Multiple-frame
samples; Oversampling; Panels;
Rotation groups; Time-in-sample
effects; Undercoverage
Scientific Information Retrieval
software, 147
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Screening interviews, 8, 123-125
Seam effects, 99, 109- 110, 224
Services for users, 5, 10-11, 192, 195
201, 228, 230-231
Short-term poverty and assistance, see
Spells and transitions
Single-parent families, 17, 18-19
SIPP ACCESS, 191, 192n, 267
SIPP On Call Data Extraction System,
192, 195
SIPP Quality Profile, 11, 197, 206, 219
SIPP Users' Guide, 10, 196, 199
SIPP Working Paper series, 165-166,
197, 219
Skip patterns, 142-143, 145
Smeeding, Timothy M., 33, 36-38, 45,
67
Social Science Research Council
(SSRC), 237-238
Social security, 17, 45, 46, 51-53, 55,
88, 171
Social Security Administration, 15, 27,
31-32, 89
Social security numbers (SSNs), 32, 61
Social services, 79-80
Software, see Computer-assisted
personal interviewing; Database
management systems; Statistical
software packages
Spells and transitions, 3, 7, 16-17, 41-
42, 76-79, 109-110, 123
censoring effect, 94, 98, 107-108,
182, 183-184
in core data, 181-186
data products, 163, 166-167, 168
Spend-down of assets, 18
Staff, analysis, 6, 10, 12, 83-84, 165-
166, 168-169, 235
data processing, 9, 152- 153, 156- 157
interviewing, 132-134, 143
Statistical software packages, 150-151
Statistics Canada, 83, 153, 165
Statistics of Income (SOI) Division,
IRS, 61, 153
Status changes, 176-178
see also Spells and transitions
Structured query language, 148
283
Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
17, 40, 45, 46, 4S, 52-53, 55, 74,
78, 127, 129, 171
Support services, 10-11, 192, 195-201,
228, 230-231
Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF),
21n
Survey design, see Design alternatives
Survival analysis, 182-183, 185, 212-
213
see also Spells and Transitions
T
Taxation, 31, 80, 1 16n, 171-172
see also After-tax income
Telephone interviews, 132-134
computer-assisted (CATI), 124, 138-
140, 210-211
Time-in-sample effects, 98, 99, 104-
107
Topical modules, 2, 7-8, 15, 30, 31, 35,
42, 65, 67, 69-71, 73, 75, 80- 84,
93, 111, 118
data products, 136, 163, 167, 168
Transitions, see Spells and transitions
Turnover of interviewers, 133
U
Undercoverage, 20, 22-23, 54, 62-63,
211, 213-215, 219
Unemployment compensation, 51-53,
57, 171
Unrelated persons in households, 22
Users of SIPP data, 193-194, 236-243
publications by, 265-267
support services, 10-11, 192, 195-
201, 228, 230-231
views on design, 34-36, 94-95
V
Valuation, of assets, 68-69
of in-kind benefits, 64-65
Variable topical modules, 15, 82
Voting behavior, 105
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W
Waves, see Interview waves
Weighting adjustments, 103-104, 112,
127, 186-189, 21 1-214
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see also Attrition
Welfare dependency, 20, 37, 76-77
Well-being, see Economically at-risk
population; Economic resources
Representative terms from entire chapter:
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