[Federal Register: April 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 77)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2010 Re-Engineered SIPP--Dress
Rehearsal
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 and/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 June 22, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 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 will be conducting a dress rehearsal for the Re-
engineered SIPP from January to March of 2010. The SIPP is a household-
based survey designed as a continuous series of national panels. The
Re-engineered SIPP design is a revision of the 2008 Panel SIPP
Instrument, in which respondents were interviewed at 4-month intervals
or ``waves'' over the life of the panel. The current 2008 Panel was
molded around a central ``core'' of labor force and income questions
that remain fixed throughout the life of the panel and then
supplemented with questions designed to address specific needs called
``topical modules.'' Examples of these topical modules include Medical
Expenses, Child Care, Retirement and Pension Plan Coverage, Marital
History, and others.
In contrast, the new Re-engineered SIPP will interview respondents
in one year intervals, using the previous calendar year as the
reference period. The content of the Re-engineered SIPP will match that
of the 2008 Panel SIPP very closely. The Re-engineered SIPP will not
contain free-standing topical modules. However, a portion of the 2008
Panel topical module content will be integrated into the Re-engineered
SIPP interview. The Re-engineered SIPP will use an Event History
Calendar (EHC), which records dates of events and spells of coverage.
The EHC should provide increased accuracy to dates reported by
respondents.
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, which the SIPP has provided on a
continuing basis since 1983. The SIPP has measured levels of economic
well being and permitted changes in these levels to be measured over
time.
The 2010 Re-engineered SIPP dress rehearsal will be conducted from
January 2010 to March 2010. Approximately 8,000 households are selected
for the 2010 Re-engineered SIPP dress rehearsal, of which, 5,120
households will likely be interviewed. We estimate that each household
contains 2.0 people aged 15 and above, yielding approximately 10,240
person-level interviews in the dress rehearsal. Interviews take 30
minutes on average. The total annual burden for 2010 Re-engineered SIPP
dress rehearsal interviews would be 5,120 hours in FY 2010.
In addition, we will be conducting practice interviews for 2010 Re-
engineered SIPP Field Representatives (FR) in November and December of
2009. These practice interviews will consist of 200 Field
Representatives interviewing 3 households of two persons each at 30
minutes per interview. The resulting burden hours for the practice
interviews are 600 burden hours.
II. Method of Collection
The 2010 Re-engineered SIPP dress rehearsal instrument will consist
of one household interview, which will reference the calendar year
2009. The interview is conducted in person with all household members
15 years old or over using regular proxy-respondent rules.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,440 people.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes per person on average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,720.
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.
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
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
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Dated: April 17, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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