Title: The New Dynamics of Economic Well-being System (DEWS) An Update
1The New Dynamics of Economic Well-being System
(DEWS)An Update
2Reengineering the SIPP
3Dynamics of Economic Well-being System Mission
- To provide a nationally representative sample for
evaluating - annual and sub-annual dynamics of income
- movements into and out of government transfer
programs - family and social context of individuals and
households - interactions between these items
4Dynamics of Economic Well-being Goals
- Use of annual data collection
- Focused content selection
- Lower attrition rates
- Integrated administrative data
- Improved documentation
- Improved processing system
- Work closely with disclosure review board
- Ongoing content determination process use of
hooks - Use of ACS
- Cost reduction
- Improved accuracy
- Improved timeliness and accessibility
- Improved relevance
5Dynamics of Economic Well-being Progress
- Development of Event History Calendar and
suggested survey content - Meetings with stakeholders, and completion of
matrices - Use of ACS for sample
- Administrative record prototypes
- CNSTAT Panel
6Event history calendars
- the use of event history calendars has
considerable potential in assisting respondents
to reconstruct their personal pasts more
completely and accurately, maximizing the quality
of retrospective reports. - B. Belli
7Assessing Users Needs
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8CNSTAT Collaboration on DEWS
- CNSTAT to convene an expert panel
- Goals of the panel are to evaluate
- the costs/benefits of various strategies for
data linkage, - accessibility of relevant administrative
records, - operational feasibility of linking
administrative records - and survey data,
- quality and usefulness of linked data, and
- strategies for providing public access to the
linked data - while protecting the confidentiality of
individual - respondents
92004 2005 2006 2007
2008 2009 2010
SIPP 04 Panel Data Collection 2/04 5/07
SIPP 04 Panel Data Files Released 9/05 2/08
DEWS Planning 2006 2009
DEWS Data Collection 2009 and on
Time period covered by SIPP 04 Panel data
files 2/04 5/07
Time period covered by DEWS data collection 2008
10Agenda
- Review of content determination
- Summary of Stakeholder matrices
- Status of DEWS content
- Reimbursable supplements
- SSA supplement
11DEWS Content Determination
- Optimal content design designed to facilitate
meeting program's goals - Accuracy
- Timeliness
- Relevance
- Cost reduction
12DEWS Content Determination
- Who
- Census analyst teams review base line needs using
the SIPP 1993 longitudinal data along with
evaluating other content needs - Input from stakeholders via meetings and matrices
(http//www.sipp.census.gov/sipp/dews.html)
13DEWS Content Determination
- What
- More limited scope than SIPP
- Use of "hook questions to supplementary data
collections - Questions asked only one-time a year
- Reference previous calendar year
14DEWS Content Determination
- Outcomes
- Need to retain most of SIPP content
- Opportunities to update outdated or imperfect
questions - Addition of strategic hooks to core
15DEWS Content Determination
- Schedule
- Topical sessions scheduled for late
winter/early spring 2007 - Spring 2007 deadline for 2009 content
- Recurring process with each future panel
16DEWS Content Determination
- What we need from you
- Comments on survey content presented today
- Complete content matrices online
- (http//www.sipp.census.gov/sipp/dews.html)
- Participate in winter/spring sessions on topic
area details - Health
- General income/Government programs
- Assets and wealth
- Labor force
- Indicate interest on sign-up sheets!
17All DEWS stakeholder matrix recommendations will
be finalized by Spring.
All current matrix recommendations have been
compiled from various data users. The outlined
information in the upcoming slides represents
content, not necessarily variable names, that was
deemed critical by a minimum of 75 of data users.
18Stakeholder Summary Demographics
- Family/Subfamily type and relationships within
- Marital Status (Spouse Identifier)
- Race/Sex/Ethnicity
- State Code
- School enrolment/highest level
completed/attended - Age - Birth month/year
- Parent/Guardian identifier
19Stakeholder Summary Programs and Participation
- TANF Recipiency and Coverage
- Food Stamps Recipiency and Coverage
- Other Welfare Payments and Coverage
- Number of Children who receive Free/Reduced
Breakfast or Lunch - Public Housing Residence/Unit and Amount
- WIC Coverage
20Stakeholder Summary General Income
- Social Security Coverage
- Retirement from job/business
- Transfer, Property, Poverty, or Other Income
and/or Earnings Totals for Persons/Families/Househ
olds
21Stakeholder Summary Labor Force
- Employment/Armed Forces status
- Hours worked per job/business
- Earnings/Pay Rate per job/business
- Number of Weeks Employed (worked), Looking for
work, or Without Pay per job/business - Industry/Occupation Code
22Stakeholder Summary Assets
- Rental Property Ownership and/or Income
- Ownership,Interest, and/or Income from
Savings, CDs, Money Market Accts/Funds, Bonds,
Mortgages,etc. - Ownership and/or Dividends Received from
Stocks and Mutual Funds or Other Financial
Investments - Income Received from Royalties and/or Other
Financial Investments
23Stakeholder Summary Health
- Health Insurance
- Medicaid Coverage, Medicare Coverage, Military
Health Insurance Coverage, Health Insurance
Ownership and/or Coverage in Household, Employer
Provided Health Insurance - Disability
- Work limitation/prevention
24Stakeholder Summary
- Responding users indicated a broad need for most
of SIPP core content. - Select areas were added based on lost topical
module content.
25DEWS Survey
- Survey Instrument
- Annual administration
- Follow movers
- Limited feedback
- Calendar
- Improvement on other designs by integrating more
closely with Blaise, utilizing the Blaise
database. - Simultaneous development of processing and
instrument
26Demographics
- Roster Residents present in household at time
of interview. - Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex
- Relationship to householder
- Marital Status, Spouse Pointer, Year of marriage,
Times married, Ever widowed, Ever divorced - Cohabitation Status, Cohabitation Pointer
- Pointer and Type for Mother and Father in the
household - Nativity, Citizenship, Year moved to US,
Immigration status - Education Attainment, Vocational/Technical
- Armed Forces Veteran Status, Period of Svc.,
Active Duty - Filing Status Hook and EITC Receipt
27Type 2 Roster/Info
- Who are Type 2 people?
- Individuals who the interviewed person lived with
during the reference period, but who do not live
in the household at the interview. - Why collect this information?
- SIPP was able to provide this level of detail on
household composition by interviewing every 4
months. Program eligibility, as well as,
household relationships and economic status
depend on knowing about the living arrangements
of our interviewed respondents during the
reference period.
28EHC Residence History
- Up to 3 residences during the calendar year for
each person. - Tenure status of each residence
- Public housing status / Rental assistance /
Section 8 - Monthly rent
- Utilities
- Energy Assistance
29EHC Relationship History
- Monthly relationship of each person to the
householder of the residence they live in. - Identification of coresident parents and type of
parent for each month.
30EHC Relationship History
- Monthly relationship of each person to the
householder of the residence they live in. - Identification of coresident parents and type of
parent for each month.
Marriage / Cohabitation / and Fertility History
- Monthly marital status with spouse pointer
- Monthly cohabitation status with partner
pointer - Indicators for births during the reference period
31EHC Relationship History
- Monthly relationship of each person to the
householder of the residence they live in. - Identification of coresident parents and type of
parent for each month.
Marriage / Cohabitation / and Fertility History
- Monthly marital status with spouse pointer
- Monthly cohabitation status with partner
pointer - Indicators for births during the reference period
School Enrollment
- Monthly enrollment status
- Full-/Part-time enrollment
- Enrollment level
32EHC Labor Force
- Up to five jobs or businesses
- Detail to thirds of months
- Type of pay / rate
- Job earnings and profit for businesses
- Industry, occupation, class of worker
- Business-Employer name / size / type
- Union status / Incorporation status
- Presence of partners (business)
- Usual hours per week (per job / all jobs)
33EHC Unemployment
- Spells of unemployment / Time away from work /
Not in labor force - Reason not working
- Availability for work / reason not available
- Workers comp. Payments
- Unemployment comp.
- Employment assistance / job training
34EHC Programs / General Income
- Social Insurance
- Social Security
- Reason receiving benefits
- Age began (disability)
- Railroad retirement
- Coverage on behalf of child which child(ren)
- Spells and amount
- Coverage for self (beginning year and amount)
- Medicare
- Part B deduction and amount
- Part D coverage
- Foster care amount
- VA Benefit
- Type of payment and amount
- Regular retirement / disability / survivor
benefit - VA questionnaire required
35EHC Programs / General Income
- Social Welfare
- TANF / WIC / Food Stamps
- Spells and amount
- Coverage
- Reasons starting and stopping
- SSI / SSDI
- Spells and amount
- Coverage of self / child / both
- Reasons starting to receive and stopping
- Meals (Free and Reduced Breakfast and Lunch)
- Coverage / Meal / Free or reduced
- Other public assistance
- Short term cash assist month.
- Transportation assist. month, type and amount
- Food and Clothing assist. month, type and
source - Cash welfare assist. month, kind and source
- Welfare related job training / work month and
kind
36EHC Health Insurance
- Monthly coverage
- Type of coverage public, private, employer
provided - Coverage owner
- Accepting multiple spells / combinations
37Labor Force
- Follow-up for work schedule asked of primary job
- Time to work Time leaving work
- Usual days worked
- Usual schedule
- Reason for shift / multiple schedules
- Work at home
- Usual days, Usual schedule, Reasons for work at
home
38Labor Force
- Follow-up for work schedule asked of primary job
- Time to work Time leaving work
- Usual days worked
- Usual schedule
- Reason for shift / multiple schedules
- Work at home
- Usual days, Usual schedule, Reasons for work at
home
- Follow-up for commuting
- Type of transportation / combination in a typical
week - Miles in POV per week
- Parking or tolls amount
- Total commuting expenses
- Other work related expenses paid by employee
(licenses, permits, dues, tools, uniforms)
39General Income
- Lump Sum payments
- Pension, Retirement, Severance - Type and amount
- Re-investment or rollover money into IRA or other
retirement - Total or partial rollover - amount
- Deferred or final paycheck from job or business
and amount - Retirement
- Retirement income type and amount
- From life insurance or other annuity
- Disability income
- Type of income - Policy holder
- Child support receipt
- Payment type - Agreement or court ordered
- Alimony receipt
- Other sources - Type and amount
40Assets
- Asset income and balances/values for
- Checking and savings
- Money market accounts or funds
- Certificates of deposit
- Mutual funds
- Stocks
- Municipal or corporate bonds
- Government securities or savings bonds
- Rental property and rental property mortgage
balance - Royalties
- Other mortgages
- Misc. investments
- Real estate owned
- market value and balance owed
- Vehicles
- Use, make-model-year, value, balance owed
- Business value
- Retirement accounts balances
- Unsecured liabilities
41Health
- Health Insurance
- Follow-up questions for Medicare
- Medicaid utilization
- Follow-up for types and combinations of other
coverage - Medical Expenditures
- Overall health status
- Medical out-of-pocket expenses
- Health care utilization
- Hospitalization / doctor visits
- Drug coverage
- Disability
- Work limiting / preventing disabilities
- Sensory disabilities (sight hearing)
- Physical functioning (walking, movement, stairs,
lifting) - Cognitive functioning (remembering,
concentrating, making decisions) - ADL / IADL Summary (personal and routine needs)
- Duration of limitation with respect to reference
period.
42Child support
- Children lived elsewhere with other parent during
reference year - Number of children
- Requirement to pay child support
- Amount of monthly support paid
- Total time spent with these children (average per
month
Child care
- Type of arrangements used in typical week
- Working parents
- Care during work hours
- Amount paid for care while working
- Subsidized and source of subsidy
- Non-working parents
- Care in a typical/target month
- Amount paid for care
- Subsidized and source of subsidy
43Well-being
- Housing Neighborhood Material well-being
- Housing quality cracks or holes in walls,
floor, ceiling - Satisfaction with general state of repair
- Neighborhood safety assessment
- Neighborhood stay in because of safety
- Noise / litter problems in neighborhood
- Satisfaction with neighborhood
- Basic Needs
- Time in reference period when unable to meet
essential expenses - Difficulty paying utilities during reference
period - Food sufficiency
- Child Well-being
- Days in past week read stories to child. (0-5
years) - Number of days in past week with 20 min. or more
concentrated physical activity (children 6-17
years) - Schoolwork / homework attitude (children 6-17
years) - Number of hours on an average school day that
child watches TV or plays video games. (children
6-17 years)
44DEWS Survey
- Scope content similar to SIPP
- broader than core
- longitudinal content retained
- Better integration of concepts
- Increased efficiency
- processing and instrument designed together
- reduced annual respondent burden
- Reduced cost through annual administration
45Reimbursable supplements
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47URL http//www.sipp.census.gov/sipp/dews
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Division,Survey of Income and Program
Participation branch
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