[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7379]
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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: 2008 Panel of the Survey of Income & Program Participation,
Wave 10 Topical Modules.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0944.
Form Number(s): SIPP-281005(L) Director's Letter; SIPP/CAPI
Automated Instrument; SIPP28003 Reminder Card.
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 10
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 10 are as follows:
Assets and Liabilities; Real Estate, Dependent Care, and Vehicles;
Child Well-Being; Medical Expenses and Utilization of Health Care
(Adults and Children); 6 Asset Sections (Interest Earning Accounts,
Rental Properties, Mortgages, Stocks and Mutual Funds, Value of
Business, and Other Financial Assets); and Work-Related Expenses and
Child Support Paid; (Attachment A). These topical modules were
previously conducted in the SIPP 2004 Panel Wave 3 instrument, and the
SIPP 2008 Panel Wave 4 and Wave 7 (except for Child Well-Being)
instruments. Wave 10 interviews will be conducted from September 1,
2011 through December 31, 2011.
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 6 years. The 2008 Panel is
scheduled for approximately 6 years and includes seventeen 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 9 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 U.S.C., 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 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
[email protected]).
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 ([email protected]).
Dated: March, 24, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-7379 Filed 3-29-11; 8:45 am]
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