[Federal Register: June 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 106)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 Panel, Wave
4 Topical Modules.
Form Number(s): SIPP 28405(L) Director's Letter, SIPP/CAPI
Automated Instrument, SIPP 28003 Reminder Postcard.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0944.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 143,303.
Number of Respondents: 94,500.
Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct the Wave 4
interview for the 2008 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP). The core SIPP and reinterview instruments were
cleared under Authorization No. 0607-0944.
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 and 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 survey is molded around a central ``core'' of labor force and
income questions that remain fixed throughout the life of a panel. The
core is supplemented with questions designed to answer specific needs,
such as estimating eligibility for government programs, examining
pension and health care coverage, and analyzing individual net worth.
These supplemental questions are included with the core and are
referred to as ``topical modules.''
The topical modules for the 2008 Panel Wave 4 are as follows:
Assets, Liabilities, and Eligibility; Child Well Being; Medical
Expenses and Utilization of Health Care (Adults and Children);
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and Work Related Expenses and Child Support Paid. These topical modules
were previously conducted in the SIPP 2004 Panel Wave 3 instrument.
There will be an additional topical module in this wave to obtain
information on the Economic Stimulus Package. Wave 4 interviews will be
conducted from September 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
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 approximately 3 to 4 years. The 2008 Panel is
scheduled for four years and four months and includes thirteen waves
which began September 1, 2008. All household members 15 years old or
over are interviewed using regular proxy-respondent rules. They are
interviewed a total of thirteen times (thirteen 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
(PSU) 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 people move, they are not
followed unless they happen to move along with a Wave 1 sample
individual.
The OMB has established an Interagency Advisory Committee to
provide guidance for the content and procedures for the SIPP.
Interagency subcommittees were set up to recommend specific areas of
inquiries for supplemental questions.
The Census Bureau developed the 2008 Panel Wave 3 topical modules
through consultation with the SIPP OMB Interagency Subcommittee. The
questions for the topical modules address major policy and program
concerns as stated by this subcommittee and the SIPP Interagency
Advisory Committee.
Data provided by the SIPP are being used by economic policymakers,
the Congress, state and local governments, and federal agencies that
administer social welfare or transfer payment programs, such as the
Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of
Agriculture.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Every 4 months.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: May 29, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-12984 Filed 6-3-09; 8:45 am]
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