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Survey of Income and Program Participation (USA)

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

 

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Data description

The longitudinal Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) provides data on 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.

 

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Time period

Data coverage is from 1984 to 2014 (data updated, 2017).

 

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Support links

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

 

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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).

 

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Data homepage

Contact: Thomas Bourke at [email protected]