Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1987 Panel / United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9365.

ICPSR ; 9365

Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Series ; 9365

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Households--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Households.

Income--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Income.

United States.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990.

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. A topical module was not created for the first wave of the 1987 panel. The Wave II topical module includes data on marriage and fertility history, education and training history, employment and work disability history, migration, family background, and household relationships. The Wave III topical module concerns child care arrangements and child care costs. The Wave IV topical module provides 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, other investments, real estate property and vehicles, rental income, self-employment, and stocks and mutual fund shares. The topica... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09365

Contents:

Part 1: Wave I Rectangular Data; Part 2: Data Dictionary for Wave I Rectangular File; Part 3: Wave II Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data; Part 4: Data Dictionary for Wave II Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 5: Wave III Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data; Part 6: Data Dictionary for Wave III Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 7: Wave IV Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data; Part 8: Data Dictionary for Wave IV Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 9: Wave V Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data; Part 10: Data Dictionary for Wave V Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 11: Wave VI Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data; Part 12: Data Dictionary for Wave VI Rectangular Core and Topical Module File; Part 13: Wave VII Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data; Part 14: Data Dictionary for Wave VII Rectangular Core and Topical Module File

Notes:

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

OCLC:

61162512

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.