[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71089-71090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33991]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request
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 (SIPP) Wave 10 of
the 1996 Panel.
Form Number(s): SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument.
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0813.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 117,800 hours.
Number of Respondents: 77,700.
Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Survey of
Income and Program Participation 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 use 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 the panel. The core questions are asked at Wave 1 and are updated
during subsequent interviews. The core is supplemented with additional
questions or topical
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modules designed to answer specific needs.
This request is for clearance of the topical modules to be asked
during Wave 10 of the 1996 Panel. The core questions have already been
cleared. The topical modules for Wave 10 are: (1) Annual Income and
Retirement Accounts, (2) Taxes, (3) Child Care, and (4) Work Schedule.
Wave 10 interviews will be conducted from April through July 1999.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Frequency: Every 4 months.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, USC, Section 182.
OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 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 Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: December 18, 1998.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-33991 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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