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Testing Telephone Interviewing in the SIPP and Some Early Results
Testing Telephone Interviewing in the SIPP and Some Early Results
Working Paper Number SIPP-WP-71
Introduction
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), is a nationwide household survey which is designed to provide comprehensive information on the economic situation of households and persons in the United States. This survey is one of the first Census Bureau surveys to collect information on cash and noncash income, eligibility and participation in various government transfer programs, labor force status, assets and liabilities, and many other topics on a regular basis to learn how changes in people's lives affect their economic well-being (Nelson et. al., 1985). The multistage stratified sample is drawn from the noninstitionalized resident population of the United States. A new panel of respondents is selected every year, and is interviewed once every four months for about two and one-half years. Interviewing for the first panel in the SIPP, the 1984 Panel, began in October 1983. Beginning with the introduction of the second panel (1985 Panel) in February 1985, the SIPP has had two or three panels in the field concurrently.
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