89 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
89.3 Description
- Longitudinal survey
- Captures income dynamics and program participation of US individuals and households
- Used to evaluate use of and eligibility for government programs
89.5 Observational Unit
Household, person, mortgage, or home improvement project (4 relational databases or one flat file)
89.6 Collection Methodology
- Nationally-representative continuous series of panels from 2.5 to 4 years duration per panel
- Multi-stage, stratified sample of US civilian non-institutionalized population
89.7 Available at
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/data/datasets.html
89.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
- An online codebook is available at: https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/uccb/sippdict.
- A desription of the methodology can be found at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology.html.