Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Topics
Data & Maps
Surveys & Programs
Resource Library
Program Income and Public Assistance Working Papers
Program Income and Public Assistance Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
- View list of working paper topics
- View list of working papers by surveys
Working Paper
Singles' Safety Net in the United States
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
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
The Retirement Income of the Prime Working Aged
This conference paper examines early pension and retirement account withdrawals using SIPP linked to administrative records.
Working Paper
2022 ACS Content Test: Round 3 Cognitive Testing Results
This report summarizes results from Round 3 of cognitive testing, which gathered feedback from individuals in groups quarters facilities and Puerto Rico.
Working Paper
2022 ACS Content Test: Round 1 and Round 2 Cognitive Testing Results
This report summarizes results from two rounds of cognitive testing for the 2022 ACS Content Test.
Working Paper
Cognitive Testing Results for the CPS Food Security Supplement
Testing on how participants interpreted new questions and modifications to existing questions about food insecurity and food purchases.
Working Paper
Economic Well-Being of Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The paper uses data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey to show income sources families used to support themselves at three points during the pandemic.
Working Paper
Benchmarking the Redesigned Survey of Income and Program Participation
This poster compares estimates of social insurance and pension income in SIPP, National Income and Product Accounts, and administrative records.
Working Paper
What are Housing Assistance Support Recipients Reporting as Rent?
This paper shows research on how best to incorporate the reporting of rent from the ACS as part of the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure research.
Working Paper
Do Older Americans Have More Income Than We Think?
This paper reassesses income and poverty statistics for the population aged 65 and over using the CPS ASEC linked to IRS and SSA administrative records.
Working Paper
Retirement Income of Women Working Longer
Despite women’s increased labor force attachment over the lifecycle, household surveys do not show increases in retirement income for women at older ages.
Working Paper
Program Participation and Child Well-Being
This study compares the well-being of low-income children who receive assistance from TANF and SNAP to their low-income, non-recipient counterparts.
Working Paper
Dynamics of Disconnection
In the wake of welfare reform and the recent recession, there has been increased interest
in identifying and assessing the well-being of disconnected families.
Working Paper
Changing the Face of Poor Lone Mothers
This paper analyzes how changes in poverty measurement affect the poverty rate of lone mother families.
Working Paper
Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds
This study introduces the CPS Program Participation Method of imputing benefits for the National School Lunch Program & the Women, Infants, & Children program.
Working Paper
2010 Evaluation Report Covering Food Stamps/SNAP
Results of proposed changes to the food stamp/SNAP content as tested in the 2010 American Community Survey Content Test.
Working Paper
Use of Medicare Enrollment Data in the Demographic Analysis Estimates
Focus on Medicare enrollment as a source for estimating the population aged 65 and older on April 1, 2010.
Working Paper
Improving the Validity of the Medicaid-CHIP Estimates on the ACS
This paper primarily focuses on the edits that were developed for children‘s Medicaid/CHIP coverage.
Working Paper
Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds: Imputing Noncash Benefits
Data from the Current Population Survey, the basis of the SPM resource measure, are used to model imputations to the CE for participation in NSLP and WIC.
Working Paper
SNAP Misreporting on the CPS: Does it Affect Poverty Estimates?
Paper examines the misreporting of nutritional assistance on the CPS received by Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.
Working Paper
Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds: Noncash Benefits - Part I
This paper presents an alternative method to imputing noncash benefits, the CPS Participation Method.
Working Paper
Estimates of Nongroup Health Insurance in the ACS
This paper investigates the estimates of multiple types of coverage in the working-age adult population from the American Community Survey (ACS).
Working Paper
Geographic Adjustments of Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds
The ITWG suggested that the poverty thresholds be adjusted for price differences across geographic areas.
Working Paper
Intra-Family Differences in Health Insurance Coverage
This paper gives a tabular analysis of the characteristics of Medicaid children and parents that have discordant coverage.
Working Paper
Presentation: Who's in Head Start? Estimating Head Start Enrollment
This study builds off of previous work that attempts to model the number of children enrolled in Head Start using the ACS and the CPS.
Working Paper
Who's in Head Start? Estimating Head Start Enrollment
This study builds off of previous work that attempts to model the number of children enrolled in Head Start using the ACS and the CPS.
Working Paper
Using SIPP to Gauge the Behavior of TANF Recipients
Examines the behaviors of welfare recipients as they pertain to meeting the fundamental goal of Welfare Reform.
Working Paper
TANF Participation and Employment in SIPP (2004-2007)
This paper examines trends in TANF receipt and employment among women ages 18 to 64 annually from 2004 to 2007 using the 2004 Panel of the SIPP.
Working Paper
Measurement Errors in SIPP Program Reports
An administrative record check of program participation reporting in the first two SIPP interviews.
Working Paper
ACS Food Stamps Instruction Revision: Cognitive Test
This research was done to conduct cognitive interviews to test a change in instructions for the Food Stamps question in the ACS self-administered form.
Working Paper
Risk Factors for Children in U.S., States, and Metro Areas
This paper addresses a lack of sub-national data about children’s well-being using a new program designed to provide data for the entire nation.
Working Paper
Medicaid Underreporting in the CPS: Results from a Record Check Study
In 2006 an inter-agency team of researchers was assembled to address the Medicaid undercount issue in the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Working Paper
Factors that Effected Job-holding Among Female AFDC/TANF Recipients
This study employs the Survey of Income and Participation (SIPP) to assess the extent to which AFDC/TANF recipients worked in 1996.
Working Paper
Evaluation Report Covering Receipt of Food Stamps
Results of proposed changes to the food stamps content as tested in the 2006 American Community Survey Content Test.
Working Paper
An Analysis of the Characteristics of Multiple Program Participation
This paper outlines key programs and discusses the findings regarding program participation, including the demographic & social characteristics of participants.
Working Paper
Results and Revisions to the Welfare Reform Benefits Question
This report describes the results of cognitive interview research on questions about welfare reform benefits.
Page Last Revised - October 3, 2022
✕
Is this page helpful?
Yes
No
Yes
No✕
NO THANKS
255 characters maximum
255 characters maximum reached
255 characters maximum reached
✕
Thank you for your feedback.
Comments or suggestions?
Comments or suggestions?
