This working paper was prepared by Leighton Ku and Robert Dalrymple, Office of Analysis and Evaluation, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The paper notes differences between SIPP and FNS program data on child nutrition programs and WIC. It is designed to help users of SIPP data to understand and interpret selected program data in the SIPP. It also suggests how the survey editing and imputation may bias analyses of these programs. The following topics are discussed:

Areas of Coverage;
Persons in Households;
Comparison of Definitions and Interpretation;
Income Levels and Imputations;
Changes in the 1986 Panel; and
Additional Data Sources.

Others in Series

WORKING PAPER | APRIL 1987

Work Experience Data From SIPP

In this paper, work experience estimates derived from SIPP are compared to those obtained through the March Current Population Survey.

WORKING PAPER | MAY 1987

The Treatment of Person-Wave Nonresponse in Longitudinal Surveys

The main focus of this research is on the choice of an appropriate compensation procedure for handling wave nonresponse in a longitudinal file from SIPP data.

WORKING PAPER | MAY 1987

SIPP: Filling Data Gaps on the Poverty and Social Welfare Fronts

Researchers for many years have pointed out the data gaps in our present day poverty statistics.

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