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Survey of Income and Program Participation Working Papers
Census Bureau research made available to others to encourage discussion on a range of topics, by release year.
Working Paper
Age and Material Well-Being in the SIPP
Increasing interest has focused on new ways to measure material well-being.
Working Paper
What type of jobs do welfare leavers get?
Census Bureau research made available to others to encourage discussion on a range of topics. They have not undergone official review or the editorial process.
Working Paper
Material and Financial Hardship and Alternative Poverty Measures 1996
This paper examines the relationship between the official U.S. poverty measure, an improved income-based poverty measure, and measures of material hardship.
Working Paper
Results & Recommendations: Employment History Module to the SIPP
Staff conducted cognitive testing of the revised Employment History Topical Module prior to fielding it as part of the SIPP Methods Panel testing.
Working Paper
Results & Recommendations: 2003 Recipiency History Module
Staff in the Statistical Research Division conducted cognitive research on the revised Recipiency History Topical Module.
Working Paper
Results & Recommendations: SIPP Cash Balance Pension Question
Staff conducted cognitive research to evaluate newly-proposed wording of a series of questions dealing with cash balance pension plans.
Working Paper
Results & Recommendations: 2003 SIPP Welfare Reform Module
Staff in the Statistical Research Division conducted cognitive research on the draft questionnaire for the 2003 SIPP Welfare Reform Module.
Working Paper
SIPP Advance Letter Focus Group Results: Issues and Recommendations
This report contains the results of the first phase of this exploratory research project, which are findings from the focus groups.
Working Paper
Alternative Admin. Records Use Paragraph of the SIPP Advance Letter
The main objective for this research was to create and pretest an alternative administrative records use disclosure paragraph.
Working Paper
Results of Cognitive Pretesting for SIPP Work Related Expenses Module
The Center for Survey Methods Research conducted cognitive testing of proposed new questions on costs of child care to be included in the 2001 SIPP.
Working Paper
Adolescent Behavior and Family Relationships
Census Bureau research made available to others to encourage discussion on a range of topics. They have not undergone official review or the editorial process.
Working Paper
Using the SIPP for Policy Analysis
This paper examines the national survey context for the SIPP and discusses some of the remaining challenges the Census Bureau faces in the years ahead.
Working Paper
Alternative Poverty Measures in the SIPP: 1996
This paper compares alternative poverty measures based on the SIPP and the CPS and makes recommendations for future design implementation.
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