97-1359. Survey of Income and Program ParticipationWave 5 of the 1996 Panel; Proposed Collection; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 3001-3002]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-1359]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    Bureau of the Census
    
    
    Survey of Income and Program Participation--Wave 5 of the 1996 
    Panel; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
    
    SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
    to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
    and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
    proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
    3506(c)(2)(A)).
    
    DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, Acting 
    Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
    5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
        Requests for additional information or copies of the information 
    collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Michael 
    McMahon, c/o U.S. Census Bureau, DSD--Room 3319-3, Washington DC 20233-
    8400, or telephone 301/457-3819.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    I. Abstract
    
        The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is a 
    household-based survey designed as a continuous series of national 
    panels, each lasting four years. Respondents are interviewed once every 
    four months, in monthly rotations. Approximately 37,000 households are 
    in the current panel.
        The SIPP represents a source of information for a wide variety of 
    topics and allows information for separate topics to be integrated to 
    form a single, unified data base so that the interaction between tax, 
    transfer, and other government and private policies can be examined. 
    Government domestic policy formulators depend heavily upon SIPP 
    information concerning the distribution of income received directly as 
    money or indirectly as in-kind benefits, and the effect of tax and 
    transfer programs on this distribution. They also need improved and 
    expanded data on the income and general economic and financial 
    situation of the U.S. population. The SIPP has provided these kinds of 
    data on a continuing basis since 1983, permitting levels of economic 
    well-being and changes in these levels to be measured over time.
        The survey is molded around a central ``core'' of labor force and 
    income questions that will remain fixed throughout the life of a panel. 
    The core is supplemented with questions designed to answer specific 
    needs such as obtaining information about the terms of child support 
    agreements and whether they are being fulfilled by the absent parent, 
    examining the program participation status of persons with specific 
    health and disability statuses; and obtaining detailed information 
    needed to understand the current status of the employment-based health 
    care system and changes that have occurred. These supplemental 
    questions are included with the core and are referred to as ``topical 
    modules.''
        The topical modules for the 1996 Panel Wave 5 are the following: 
    (1) School Enrollment and Financing; (2) Child Support Agreements; (3) 
    Support for Nonhousehold Members; (4) Functional Limitations and 
    Disability-Adults; (5) Functional Limitations and Disability-Children 
    and (6) Employer
    
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    Provided Health Care. Wave 5 interviews will be conducted from August 
    through November 1997.
    
    II. Method of Collection
    
        The SIPP is designed as a continuing series of national panels of 
    interviewed households that are introduced every 4 years, with each 
    panel having a duration of about 4 years in the survey. All household 
    members 15 years old or older are interviewed using regular proxy-
    respondent rules. They are interviewed a total of 12 times (12 waves) 
    at 4-month intervals, making the SIPP a longitudinal survey. Sample 
    persons (all household members present at the time of the first 
    interview) who move within the country and reasonably close to a SIPP 
    Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) will be followed and interviewed at their 
    new address. Persons 15 years old or older who enter the household 
    after Wave 1 will be interviewed; however, if these persons move, they 
    are not followed unless they happen to move along with a Wave 1 sample 
    person.
    
    III. Data
    
        OMB Number: 0607-0813.
        Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument.
        Type of Review: Regular.
        Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
        Estimated Number of Respondents: 77,700.
        Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes per person
        Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 117,800.
        Estimated Total Annual Cost: $27,690,000.
        Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
        Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
    
    IV. Request for Comments
    
        Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
    information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
    the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
    utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
    (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
    (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
    information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
    collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
    automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
    technology.
        Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
    and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
    collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
    
        Dated: January 13, 1997.
    Linda Engelmeier,
    Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
    Organization.
    [FR Doc. 97-1359 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-07-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
01/21/1997
Department:
Census Bureau
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-1359
Dates:
Written comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 1997.
Pages:
3001-3002 (2 pages)
PDF File:
97-1359.pdf