Research Catalog

Title

The Future of the Survey of Income and Program Participation / Constance F. Citro and Graham Kalton, editors ; Panel to Evaluate the Survey of Income and Program Participation, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

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Additional Authors

• Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-
• Kalton, Graham.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Panel to Evaluate the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
• Survey of Income and Program Participation (Program)

Description

xii, 284 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Household surveys > United States > Evaluation
• Income > United States > Evaluation
• Social surveys > United States > Evaluation
• Transfer payments > United States > Evaluation

Note

• "Project ... was supported by funds from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-263) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Goals -- Survey Design -- Data Collection and Processing -- Data Products and Their Use -- Methodological Research and Evaluation -- Management and Oversight -- Recommendations -- 1. Introduction -- SIPP in Brief -- SIPP to Date -- Looking to the Future -- 2. Goals for SIPP -- The Development of SIPP and Its Goals -- Views About SIPP's Goals -- Recommendation -- 3. Achieving SIPP's Goals -- Improving Data on Income and Other Economic Resources -- Improving Data on Program Eligibility and Participation -- Topical Modules -- SIPP and the March CPS -- SIPP and Administrative Records -- 4. Survey Design -- Major Design Elements and Alternatives -- Oversampling in SIPP -- Following Rules -- 5. Data Collection and Processing -- Current Operations -- Computer-Assisted Interviewing -- Database Management -- Investing in the Data Processing Staff -- Transition to a CAPI/Database Management System for SIPP -- 6. Data Products and Their Use -- Publications -- Measurement Issues for Core Statistics -- Microdata Products -- Documentation and Services for Users -- 7. Methodological Research and Evaluation -- Research to Date -- Redesign of SIPP -- Continuous Error Monitoring -- Cognitive Research -- 8. Management and Oversight -- Management Structure -- Oversight -- Appendix A: Use of SIPP for Research and Policy Analysis -- Appendix B: Conference on the Future of SIPP: Topics and Participants -- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.

ISBN

0309047951

LCCN

^^^92062584^

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