Draft paper prepared for presentation at the 1991 Joint statistical Meetings, August 18-22, 1991, in Atlanta, Georgia. This paper reports the general results of research undertaken by Census Bureau staff. The views expressed are attributable to the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Census Bureau.

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The SIPP is a longitudinal survey that follows individuals over a period of approximately two and a half years, collecting monthly information on participation in social programs, as well of course, a large array of other items. This paper presents information about estimating durations of program participation using data from the SIPP. For illustration, the focus is on the program Aid to Families with Dependent Children or AFDC.

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Life Events and Sample Attrition in the SIPP

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The goal of this work is to determine whether attrition from the survey is basically a random phenomenon or whether it is systematic.

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This paper presents different estimates of spell durations in the Food Stamp and Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs, based on data from the SIPP.

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Exits from Poverty A Proportional Hazards Model from the SIPP

August 1993

This paper examines persons who experience spells of poverty over a two year period using the 1987 panel of Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

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