[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56939-56940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28383]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of the Census.
Title: Survey of Income and Program Participation - 1996 Panel Wave
4.
Form Number(s): SIPP-16303 Reminder Card, SIPP/CAPI Automated
Instrument.
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0813.
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Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 117,800 hours.
Number of Respondents: 77,000.
Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to collect information from a
sample of households concerning the distribution of income received
directly as money or indirectly as in-kind benefits. SIPP data are used
by economic policymakers, the Congress, state and local governments,
and Federal agencies that administer social welfare and transfer
payment programs such as the Department of Health and Human Services,
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of
Agriculture. The SIPP is a longitudinal survey, in that households in
the panel are interviewed 12 times at 4 month intervals or `waves' over
the life of the panel, making the duration of the panel about 4 years.
The next panel of households will be introduced in the year 2000. The
survey is molded around a central core of labor force and income
questions, health insurance questions, and questions concerning
government program participation that remain fixed throughout the life
of a panel. The core questions are asked at Wave 1 and are updated
during subsequent interviews. The core is periodically supplemented
with additional questions or topical modules designed to answer
specific needs. This request is for clearance of the topical modules to
be asked during Wave 4 of the 1996 Panel. The Core questions have
already been cleared. Topical modules for waves 5 through 12 will be
cleared later. The topical modules for Wave 4 are: 1)Annual Income and
Retirement Accounts. 2) Taxes, 3) Work Schedule, 4) Child Care, and 5)
Disability. Wave 4 interviews will be conducted from April through July
1997.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Every 4 months.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: October 31, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-28383 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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