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

Evaluating the Income and Program Screeners in the 2022 SIPP

October 15, 2024

This working paper uses data from the 2022 SIPP to provide a descriptive overview of how well the income and program screener questions perform.
Working Paper

Incorporating Administrative Data in Survey Weights for the 2018-2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation

October 2024

New admin-data-based weights for 2018–2022 SIPP show varied effects on estimates and no large increase in nonresponse bias during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Working Paper

Is there a Safety Net for Surveys?

September 05, 2024

This SIPP working paper describes the creation of alternate SNAP and UI measures using experimental processes to account for program volatility during COVID.
Working Paper

Evaluation of Social Security Reporting in the SIPP: 2017

August 05, 2024

This paper links data from the 2018 SIPP to SSA administrative records to explore the accuracy with which respondents report Social Security income.
Working Paper

Marriage Then Carriage? Marital and Fertility Patterns Among Women by Birth Cohort

June 21, 2024

This research includes women born 1940 to 1979 and select comparisons will be made by ten-year birth cohorts, as well as by race and Hispanic origin.
Working Paper

Cohort Differences in Multiple Partner Fertility

June 21, 2024

This research examines the prevalence of MPF across birth cohorts using the SIPP.
Working Paper

Singles' Safety Net in the United States

May 31, 2024

This paper examines social safety net participation of single adults in the United States using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Working Paper

Short-term Household Members and Income Estimation in the SIPP

May 23, 2024

Working paper exploring the data implications of the mode of collection for the inclusion of short-term household members in a longitudinal household survey.
Working Paper

Changes in Self-Rated Health Status by Demographic Characteristics among Adults, 2014-2017

May 07, 2024

We use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to explore changes in health status over time by sex, age, and race and Hispanic origin.
Working Paper

The Effects of Monetary Incentives on Income Data Quality in the SIPP

January 2024

We find monetary incentives in the Survey of Income and Program Participation lower item nonresponse rates and measurement errors for some income questions.

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