Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1985 Panel / United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9176.

ICPSR ; 9176

Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Series ; 9176

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income--United States--Statistics.

Income.

Transfer payments.

United States.

Transfer payments--United States--Statistics.

Households--United States--Statistics.

Households.

Genre:

Statistics.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection is part of a longitudinal survey designed to provide detailed information on the economic situation of households and persons in the United States. These data examine the distribution of income, wealth, and poverty in American society and gauge the effects of federal and state programs on the well-being of families and individuals. There are three basic elements contained in the survey. The first is a control card that records basic social and demographic characteristics for each person in a household, as well as changes in such characteristics over the course of the interviewing period. The second element is the core portion of the questionnaire, with questions repeated at each interview on labor force activity, types and amounts of income, participation in various cash and noncash benefit programs, attendance in postsecondary schools, private health insurance coverage, public or subsidized rental housing, low-income energy assistance, and school breakfast and lunch participation. The third element consists of topical modules, which are series of supplemental questions asked during selected household visits. Topical modules were not created for the first or second waves of the 1985 panel. The topical module for Wave III contains information on assets and liabilities. Included are questions on loans, IRAs, medical bills, other debts, checking accounts, and savings bonds, as well as questions related to mortgages, royalties, and other investments, real estate property and vehicles, rental income, self-employment, and stocks and mutual fund shares. The Wave IV topical module contains information on fertility history, household relationships, marital history, migration history, support for non-household members, and work-related expenses. The topical module for Wave VI includes data on child care arrangements, child support agreements, support for no... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09176

Contents:

Part 1: Wave I Rectangular File; Part 2: Data Dictionary for Wave I Rectangular File; Part 3: Wave II Rectangular File; Part 4: Data Dictionary for Wave II Rectangular File; Part 5: Wave III Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 6: Data Dictionary for Wave III Rectangular Core and TopicalModule File; Part 7: Wave IV Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 8: Data Dictionary for Wave IV Rectangular Core and TopicalModule File; Part 9: Wave V Rectangular File; Part 10: Data Dictionary for Wave V Rectangular File; Part 11: Wave VI Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 12: Data Dictionary for Wave VI Rectangular Core and TopicalModule File; Part 13: Wave VII Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 14: Data Dictionary for Wave VII Rectangular Core and TopicalModule File; Part 15: Wave VIII Rectangular File; Part 16: Data Dictionary for Wave VIII Rectangular File; Part 17: Frequencies, Wave I; Part 18: Frequencies, Wave II; Part 19: Frequencies, Wave I...

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61161598

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.