[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40193-40194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19601]


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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--1966 Panel Wave 
3.
    Form Number(s): Automated instrument and SIPP-16303 reminder card.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0813.
    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 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 Wave 3 of 
the 1996 Panel. The Core questions have already been cleared. Topical 
modules for waves 4 through 13 will be cleared later. The topical 
modules for Wave 3 are: (1) assets and liabilities, (2) medical 
expenses and work disability, (3) real estate, shelter

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costs, dependent care and vehicles, and (4) the poverty module. Also, 
additional topical module items will be asked at the end of the core 
instrument concerning earnings and employment, general income amounts, 
stocks and mutual fund shares, rental income, mortgages, royalties, and 
other financial investments. Wave 3 interviews will be conducted from 
December 1996 through March 1997.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every 4 months.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: July 29, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-19601 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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