[Federal Register: November 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 224)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Waves 10, 11,
and 12 of the 2004 Panel
ACTION: Proposed Collection; Comment Request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 22,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at DHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Patrick J. Benton, Census Bureau, Room HQ-6H045,
Washington, DC 20233-8400, (301) 763-4618.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the expiration date for the 2004
Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to
February 28, 2008. This will provide the time necessary to conduct the
Wave 10, 11, and 12 interviews for the 2004 Panel of the SIPP. The
interviews will include the core SIPP, which has already been approved
by OMB under Authorization No. 0607-0905. Due to budget constraints,
there are no topical modules for the Wave 10, 11, and 12 interviews.
The Census Bureau conducts the SIPP which is a household-based
survey designed as a continuous series of national panels. New panels
are introduced every few years with each panel usually having durations
of one to five years. Respondents are interviewed at 4-month intervals
or ``waves'' over the life of the panel. The survey is molded around a
central ``core'' of labor force and income questions that remain fixed
throughout the life of the panel.
The SIPP represents a source of information for a wide variety of
topics and allows information for separate topics to be integrated to
form a single, unified database so that the interaction between tax,
transfer, and other government and private policies can be examined.
Government domestic-policy formulators depend heavily upon the SIPP
information concerning the distribution of income received directly as
money or indirectly as in-kind benefits and the effect of tax and
transfer programs on this distribution. They also need improved and
expanded data on the income and general economic and financial
situation of the U.S. population. The SIPP has provided these kinds of
data on a continuing basis since 1983 permitting levels of economic
well-being and changes in these levels to be measured over time.
The 2004 Panel is currently scheduled for 4 years and will include
12 waves of interviewing, which began in February 2004. Approximately
62,000 households were selected for the 2004 Panel, of which, 46,500
were interviewed, yielding approximately 97,650 interviews. Due to
budget constraints we are limiting the sample for the 2004 Wave 10, 11,
and 12 interviews to 21,292 households per wave. We estimate that each
of these households will contain 2.1 people 15 years of age or older,
yielding 44,713 interviews in each Wave. Interviews take 20 minutes on
average. The total annual burden for 2004 Panel SIPP interviews will be
44,266 hours through January 2008.
Wave 10, 11, and 12 interviews will be conducted from February 2007
through January 2008.
A 10-minute reinterview of 1,064 people is scheduled to be
conducted during Waves 10, 11, and 12 to ensure the accuracy of
responses. Reinterviews will require an additional 533 burden hours
through February 2008.
II. Method of Collection
The SIPP is designed as a continuing series of national panels of
interviewed households that are introduced every few years with each
panel having durations of 1 to 5 years. All household members 15 years
old or over are interviewed using regular proxy-respondent rules.
During the 2004 Panel, respondents are interviewed a total of 12 times
(12 waves) at 4-month intervals making the SIPP a longitudinal survey.
Sample people (all household members present at the time of the first
interview) who move within the country and reasonably close to a SIPP
primary sampling unit will be followed and interviewed at their new
address. Individuals 15 years old or over who enter the household after
Wave 1 will be interviewed; however, if these individuals move, they
are not followed unless they happen to move along with a Wave 1 sample
individual.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0607-0905.
Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 134,139 people during Waves 10,
11, and 12.
Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes per person on average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 44,799.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is their
time.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for the Office of Management and Budget
approval of this information collection. They also will become a matter
of public record.
Dated: November 16, 2007.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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