95-20498. Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 43117-43118]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-20498]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    
    Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget
    
        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.
        Form Number(s): SIPP-16003.
        Agency Approval Number: None.
        Type of Request: New collection.
        Burden: 105,800 hours.
        Number of Respondents: 105,000.
        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 at regular intervals or ``waves'' over a 
    number of years. 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 Core 
    questions and the topical modules for Waves 1 & 2 of the 1996 Panel. 
    Topical modules for waves 3 through 13 will be cleared later. The 
    topical modules for Wave 1 are Recipiency History and Employment 
    History. Wave 1 interviews will be conducted from February through May 
    1996. Wave 2 topical modules are Work Disability History, Fertility 
    History, Education and Training History, Marital 
    
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    History, Migration History, and Household Relationships. Wave 2 
    interviews will be conducted from June through September 1996. The 1996 
    Panel introduces some significant changes to the SIPP. The SIPP was 
    previously conducted using pen and paper. Data collection is now 
    handled via computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI). Pretesting 
    has shown that CAPI will reduce respondent burden because skip patterns 
    are preprogrammed into the automated questionnaire and information 
    obtained in earlier interviews can be fed back to the respondent rather 
    than the respondent having to recall the information. The 1996 and 
    subsequent Panels will remain in effect for 4 years. Households in the 
    1996 Panel will be interviewed 13 times at 4 month intervals over the 4 
    year period. A new panel will be introduced in the year 2000. This 
    contrasts with previous procedures where a new panel was introduced 
    each year and households remained in the survey for approximately 3 
    years, participating in 9 interviews at 4 month intervals.
        Affected Public: Individuals or households.
        Frequency: Every 4 months.
        Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
        OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
        Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
    by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
    482-3271, 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 to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
    10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    
        Dated: August 14, 1995.
    Gerald Tache,
    Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
    Organization.
    [FR Doc. 95-20498 Filed 8-17-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
08/18/1995
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
95-20498
Pages:
43117-43118 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-20498.pdf