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3 Uses of SIPP
3 Uses of SIPP
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Studies using SIPP data linked to administrative records continue to grow. For each month of its reference period, SIPP captures hundreds of variables for each adult member (age 15 and older)
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to support detailed analyses of specific topics, such as disability or child care; and (2) to provide key variables -- such as assets and child care expenses -- for monthly simulations of program eligibility.
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USES OF SIPP 29 TABLE 3-1 Survey of Income and Program Participation Bibliographic References 2000-2014, by Topic Topic Number of Citations Employment 84 Disability 64 Health, Health Care, and Insurance 48 Household Structure 46 Retirement 39 Immigrants 31 Earnings 27 Welfare Reform 27 Income Dynamics 25 Wealth 24 SCHIP/CHIP 23 Child Care 21 SSI 19 Poverty 18 Survey Methodology 17 Program Eligibility 16 Education 15 Material Hardship 15 Program Participation 12 SNAP/Food Stamps 14 Medicaid 11 TANF/AFDC 11 Transitions 11 Unemployment 10 Child Welfare 5 WIC 4 NOTES: AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependent Children, CHIP = Children's Health Insurance Program, SCHIP = State Children's Health Insurance Program, SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SSI = Supplemental Security Income, TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
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rather than longitudinal features of SIPP. The study panel did not attempt to compare the contributions to academic research of SIPP with contributions from other important longitudinal surveys such as the National Longitudinal Surveys, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the Health and Retirement Study, and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Survey.
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Income, however, was calculated over all 4 months of the wave 15 reference period. The full set of characteristics used in the tabulations included • age, sex, race, and ethnicity; • marital status, living arrangements, household type, household and family size, and the presence of children under 18; • education, veteran status, and health insurance coverage; • household receipt of assistance by type; • number of Social Security recipients in the household; • home ownership; • personal, family, and household income; • family income as a percent of poverty; • the percentage of personal income due to Social Security (as reported in SIPP)
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The administrative records also include citizenship. Microsimulation Modeling with SIPP Data For its policy simulations, the SSA maintains two microsimulation models, which are used to assess the impact of hypothetical reforms to SSA programs.1 Both models use SIPP data matched to SSA administrative records to derive their forecasts, which include estimates of program eligibility and participation and measures of economic well-being under baseline and reform scenarios.
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Building on earlier SSI simulation modeling at the SSA, FEM is a static microsimulation model that uses monthly SIPP data that have been matched to SSA administrative data from the SSR, the SER, and the Master Beneficiary Report (Davies et al., 2001/2002; Rupp et al., 2007)
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examined the effect of including in family income the distributions from individual retirement accounts, Keogh accounts, defined contribution pension plans, and lump-sum payments from all types of pension and retirement plans. These sources of income are excluded from SIPP's summary measure of family income and are largely excluded from the CPS ASEC–based official measures of annual household income and poverty.
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Comparing survey reports of Social Security benefits among beneficiaries 60 and older to the actual payments recorded in Social Security administrative records, the authors found that the values reported in the CPS (for calendar year 2008) approximated the gross Social Security benefit, whereas the values reported in SIPP (for calendar year 2009)
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. The analysis used multiple data sources, including data from the 1996 and 2008 SIPP panels plus the restricted-use "Gold Standard" file, which is a multipanel SIPP file with matched Social Security earnings and benefits records.4 In addition to core data, the analysis used SIPP TM data on employment history and fertility history collected in wave 1 of each panel and marital history TM data collected in wave 2.
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The GAO report suggested that the combination of a rising age at marriage, an increased proportion of single-parent households, and rising labor force participation among married women contributed to a decline in the fraction of women receiving spousal and survivor benefits and an increase in the fraction of household retirement savings contributed by married women. Other GAO conclusions were that (1)
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Based originally on the March CPS, the contractor's SNAP microsimulation modeling has migrated largely to SIPP. The MATH SIPP+ model simulates program eligibility for a specific calendar month -- currently August -- using core data for the month as well as a wide range of additional variables drawn from multiple TMs attached to other waves.
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CONCLUSION ON THE USES OF SIPP CONCLUSION 3-1: Owing to its detailed monthly data, represen tation of short-term dynamics, and topical modules, the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) has supported a wide range of research applications, including both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses as well as studies using linked administrative records.
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