Survey of Income and Program Participation (USA)

• Data description
• Time period
• Support links
• How to access data

Data description

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is a longitudinal survey designed to reveal the impact of American federal and state level government programmes on the well-being of American families. SIPP, which is undertaken by the U.S. Census Bureau, provides observations about the income and programme participation of individuals and households. Data on cash and non-cash income on a sub-annual basis is provided. The survey also includes data on taxes, assets, liabilities and participation in government transfer programmes.

Time period

Data coverage is from 1984 to 2014 (data update September 2017).

Support links

• The U.S. Census Bureau provides methodological information about the survey 
• Technical documentation is on this SIPP page.

How to access data

SIPP data may be accessed:

• via the SIPP access page (using the DataFerrett application tool), and
• via the NBER access page (Stata, SAS or SPSS formats).

Data homepage

Contact: Thomas Bourke at [email protected]