[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7465]
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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 1996 Panel Wave
8.
Form Number(s): SIPP 16805(L) Director's Letter, CAPI 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: half an hour.
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 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 8 of the 1996 Panel. The core questions have already been
cleared. Topical modules for waves 9 through 12 will be cleared later.
The topical modules for Wave 8 are: (1) Adult Well-Being and (2)
Welfare Reform. Wave 8 interviews will be conducted from August through
November 1998.
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: March 17, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-7465 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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