[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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