SIPP PRODUCTS

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SIPP PRODUCTS

• John J. Hisnanick
• Housing and Household Economic Statistics
  Division
• Presented at ASA/SRM Working Group Meeting
• September 16, 2008

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Current SIPP Products

• Micro-data products
• Technical documentation
• Reports
• Table packages
• Special tabulations
• Conference papers and working papers

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Micro-Data Products

• Wavely,
• Person-month core data files
• Topical module data files
• Weighting files
• Micro-data files matched with administrative
  records (only available to those with special
  sworn status)

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Technical Documentation

• SIPP Users Guide
• SIPP User Notes
• SIPP source accuracy statement
• Core file data dictionary
• Core file SAS input statements
• Topical module data dictionary
• Topical module SAS input statements
• Quality Profile

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Reports P-70 Series Longitudinal aspects of SIPP

• Dynamics of Economic Well-being
• See link http//www.census.gov/sipp/p70s/p70s.html
  
• Income transitions
• Spells of program participation
• Spells of unemployment
• Spells and duration of poverty
• Spells of health insurance coverage

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Reports P-70 SeriesCrosssectional aspects of
SIPP

• See link http//www.census.gov/sipp/p70s/p70s.html
  
• Mothers use of government assistance programs
• Net worth and assets
• Maternity leave and employment patterns
• Extended measures of well-being
• Child care arrangements

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Table PackagesLongitudinal or cross-sectional
table presentations

• Detailed tables, with minimal text or only
  highlights
• Topic areas
• Support providers 2005
• Poverty dynamics 2001-2003
• Detailed tables from the wealth and asset report

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Conference and Working PapersCensus Bureau and
outside authors

• Papers written for professional conferences or
  meetings, such as
• American Statistical Association
• American Economic Association
• Population Association of America
• American Association for Public Opinion Research
• Cover a wide range of topics, such as
• Poverty and race dynamics
• Program participation
• Employment and fertility patterns
• Health insurance coverage

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Forthcoming SIPP Products

• Americans with Disabilities 2005
• Who Can Afford to Buy a House in 2004?
• Net Worth and Asset Ownership of Households 2004
  
• Annual income and earnings and associated
  inequality measures

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Future Re-engineered SIPP Products?

• Will these products still be useful?
• Micro-data products
• Technical documentation
• Reports
• Table packages
• Special tabulations
• What about --
• A regular indicator based on SIPP data?
• Formal training on using the data?

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Micro-Data Products

• Annual data 12 month reference period
• Person-month core data files
• Weighting files
• Micro-data files linked with administrative
  record data (available to those with special
  sworn status)

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Technical Documentation

• Re-engineered SIPP Users Guide
• Re-engineered SIPP User Notes
• Re-engineered SIPP source accuracy statement
• Core file data dictionary
• Core file SAS input statements
• Quality profile