[Federal Register: June 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 123)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Wave 1 of the
2008 Panel
ACTION: Proposed information 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: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before August 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Forms 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 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 a
duration of one to four 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 core is supplemented
with questions designed to address specific needs, such as obtaining
information on household members participation in government programs
as well as prior labor force patterns of household members. These
supplemental questions are included with the core and are referred to
as ``topical modules.''
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 improved and expanded
data on the income and general economic and financial situation of the
U.S. population. The SIPP has provided this data on a continuing basis
since 1983 permitting levels of economic well-being and changes in
these levels to be measured over time.
Depending on the outcome of current Census budget negotiations, the
2008 panel is currently scheduled for 3 years and will include 9 waves
of interviewing beginning February 2008. Approximately 32,650 to 65,300
households will be selected for the 2008 panel, of which, 22,500 to
45,000 households are expected to be interviewed. It is estimated that
each household will contain 2.1 people, yielding 47,250 to 94,500
person-level interviews in Wave 1 and subsequent waves (totaling 47,250
to 94,500 burden hours). Two waves of interviewing will occur in the
2008 SIPP Panel during FY 2008.
The topical modules for the 2008 Panel Wave 1 collect information
about:
Recipiency History.
Employment History.
Wave 1 interviews will be conducted from February 2008 through May
2008.
A 10-minute reinterview of 1,550 to 3,100 people is conducted at
each wave to ensure accuracy of responses. Reinterviews would require
an additional 518 to 1,035 burden hours in FY 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 4 years. All household members 15 years
old or over are interviewed using regular proxy-respondent rules.
During the 2008 panel, respondents are interviewed a total of 9 times
(9 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: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 47,250-94,500 people per wave.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 47,768-95,535.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
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: June 21, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-12381 Filed 6-26-07; 8:45 am]
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