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INCOME AND EARNINGS
RURAL WELFARE-TO-WORK STRATEGIES DEMONSTRATION EVALUATION
Measure: Income and earnings items from the Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation 18-month follow-up survey instrument
Note: This options document uses the Rural Welfare-to-Work 18-month follow-up survey instrument dated April 2003.
Source
The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation is funded by the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., conducts the evaluation, with assistance from Decision Information Resources, Inc.
Population Assessed
Two rural welfare-to-work programs—the Illinois Future Steps Program and the Building Nebraska Families program—were selected to be part of the in-depth process and implementation study, the impact study, and the cost-benefit analysis. A third program, the Tennessee First Wheels Program, has participated in only the evaluation’s process study. Although the Nebraska program is restricted to hard-to-employ TANF recipients, the other two programs serve both current TANF recipients and other low-income people who receive certain benefits from the government (e.g., food stamps, child care assistance, or Medicaid). The Illinois program even includes low-income people without children. The population served by the programs also varies from five rural counties in one section of the state (Illinois) to all the rural counties in another state (Tennessee).
The Illinois program began implementation in 2001, and the other two programs began implementation in 2002. For the impact study, eligible individuals were randomly assigned into either a program group or a control group. Those in the program group were invited to participate in the program; those in the control group were not. Targeted sample sizes are 630 for Illinois (315 program, 315 controls) and 600 for Nebraska (330 program, 270 controls).
Periodicity
The Rural Welfare-to-Work Evaluation began in September 2000 and is scheduled to end in September 2007. Follow-up surveys are given to sample members 18 and 30 months after random assignment into the evaluation’s research sample.
Components
The majority of income and earnings questions come in one of three sections of the Rural Welfare-to-Work 18-month follow-up survey instrument: Section F (Employment History for the Past Eighteen Months), Section G (Unearned Income and Income from Household), and Section H (Total Household Income). The Section F questions ask about wages for all jobs the respondent has held since the random assignment date. The respondent is asked about current/primary current or most recent job, starting wage, benefits received, financial assistance necessary for this job, and cost of transportation to work. The section also inquires about wages and benefits from the main job of the respondent’s spouse/partner and about extra money from any odd jobs or under-the-table jobs.
Section G inquires about the types and amount of government assistance (i.e., TANF, food stamps, WIC, SSI, social security payments, unemployment compensation, general relief payments, foster care or adoption assistance, other government assistance) and other unearned income (i.e., child support and total other unearned income) that the respondent’s household received last month. The section also asks about earned income from other members of the household (besides the spouse) in total in the last month. Section H requests the respondent’s total annual household income, probing if the respondent doesn’t know or refuses. Other questions about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the federal income tax return are also asked. The amount of the most recent tax refund was asked, but not the amount paid in taxes.
Other sections of the survey ask questions related to cash and non-cash forms of income. Section D (Receipt of Services in the Past 18 Months) inquires about subsidized employment and receipt of family services and about various types of financial assistance (child care, transportation, job-related, and housing); the respondent is asked for the total amount of assistance received in each category since the random assignment date. Transportation assistance, dealt with differently, is divided into six categories; the respondent is given the choice as to the periodicity with which he/she identified the amount of the assistance. Section E (Current Housing Arrangement, Household Structure and Children) asks about subsidized housing and about the amount the respondent’s household spent on housing costs in the last month. Section I (Child Care Arrangements) questions the respondent on the specific amount paid (per week or per month) by the household for child care and the specific amount received (per week, day, or month) by the respondent and his/her spouse/partner combined (if applicable) in child care assistance from all sources (both governmental and other). Section M (Material Hardship, Support Networks, and Family Well-Being) asks whether the respondent and his/her children have health insurance. It also inquires about financial and other assistance from other people and the availability and use of community services. Section N (Non-Program Car Financing) looks at the financial help the respondent and his/her spouse/partner combined (if applicable) has received buying or maintaining a car since the random assignment date; specific amounts are asked in each category in total. Finally, Section O (Background and Contact Information) inquires about how long the respondent has personally received TANF or AFDC welfare.
Procedures for Administration
The 18-month follow-up survey instrument is administered to each sample member in one of two ways: computer-assisted telephone interview or an in-person paper and pencil questionnaire. The 18-month survey takes about 45 minutes for overall administration. The amount of time to complete the income and earnings items is as follows: Section F, approximately 9 minutes; Section G, approximately 2 minutes; and Section H, between 2 and 2.5 minutes.
Psychometrics/Data Quality
Psychometric information is not yet available.
Languages Available
The 18-month follow-up survey can be administered in both English and Spanish.
Items Included
Because the Rural Welfare-to-Work 18-month follow-up questionnaire is not available online, a complete list of its income and earnings questions follow. The survey can also be requested from the Project Director (Mike Ponza, mponza@mathematica-mpr.com) or the ACF Project Officer (Michael Dubinsky, midubinsky@acf.hhs.gov). Except for Section G (Unearned Income and Income from Household) and Section H (Total Household Income), the sections listed contain questions not related to income and earnings, which were omitted. Skip patterns were also deleted unless they were deemed necessary to understanding the question.
Section D. Receipt of Services in the Past 18 Months
D3f. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did you have a job in which, for a specific period of time, all or part of your wages were paid for by a welfare or employment program? Sometimes these programs are called subsidized employment, supported work, on-the-job training or transitional employment.
D3g. Are you currently working in a subsidized job?
D3h. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), about how many months did you work at a job in which, for a specific period of time, all or part of your wages were paid for by a welfare or employment program?
D3i. At any time since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did any subsidized job become a regular job, that is, did the employer start paying your entire wage?
D5. Now I’d like to ask you some questions about financial help you might have received from welfare or any other agency.
Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), has welfare or any other agency helped you pay for child care?
D5a. For how long since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE) did you receive help paying for child care? Please include assistance from programs and agencies only, not from friends or relatives.
D5b. How much financial assistance with child care did you receive from programs or agencies? Please include the amount paid to you as well as the amount paid directly to your child care provider.
D6. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), has welfare or any other agency helped you pay for transportation?
D6a. I am interested in the kinds of financial assistance with transportation you received since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE). Did you receive…
Vouchers or passes for a bus, taxi, train, or van?
Gas vouchers?
Other reimbursement for using your own car?
Money to be used to purchase a car? Do not include loans
Money to be used to register or get insurance for a car or obtain driver’s license?
PROBE: Includes money for driver’s education classes.
Money for automobile repair or maintenance?
D6c. For how long since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did you receive (INSERT TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE SOURCE D6a1-D6a6)?
[The duration question is repeated for each kind of financial assistance with transportation that the respondent identified in D6a.]
D6d. How much was that assistance?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
[The amount of assistance question is repeated for each kind of financial assistance with transportation that the respondent identified in D6a. Interviewer also codes the duration of that amount (e.g., per day, per month, one time or lump sum, etc.)]
D7. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), has welfare or any other agency helped you pay for job-related expenses such as work clothes, tools, or other supplies?
D7a. In total, how much financial assistance did you receive from welfare or any other agency for job-related expenses? Please include benefits paid to you as well as benefits paid directly to the businesses providing the items.
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine
D8. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), has welfare or any other agency helped you pay for housing in a crisis? By help paying for housing, I mean help paying your rent or mortgage, homeowner’s or rental insurance, or paying for utilities.
D9. How much financial assistance with housing did you receive?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
Section E. Current Housing Arrangement, Household Structure and Children
E2. Do you currently receive any government assistance to help pay for your housing? For example, do you get a rent subsidy or pay a lower rent because a housing authority, or Section 8 vouchers, or some other government program pays part of the cost?
E3. Does a government public housing authority own the building where you live?
E4. [If respondent had previously indicated that he or she lives in a group home or halfway house that is run by an agency] Do you have to pay anything to live there?
E4a. [If respondent had previously indicated that he or she lives in a group home or halfway house that is run by an agency] In (LAST MONTH), what were your housing costs including anything you paid for rent or utilities?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
E5. [If respondent had previously indicated that he or she rents.] The next questions determine what your household spends on housing and what your share of the cost is.
First, in (LAST MONTH), what was the overall housing cost for you and the people living with you. Please include rent and any utilities, such as gas, heat or electricity.
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
E6. [If respondent had previously indicated that he or she owns his or her own home] The next questions determine what your household spends on housing and what your share of the cost is.
First, in (LAST MONTH), what was the overall housing cost for you and the people living with you. Please include mortgage, home insurance, property taxes, and any utilities, such as gas, heat or electricity.
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
Section F: Employment History for the Past Eighteen Months
F1. The next questions are about your paid work experience since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE). By that we mean any part-time or full-time jobs as well as self-employment or your own business. Please don’t include any unpaid jobs.
Are you currently working at a job for pay?
[INTERVIEWER: IF (RESPONDENT) HAS A JOB BUT IS NOT AT WORK BECAUSE (HE/SHE) IS SICK, ON VACATION, ON STRIKE, OR BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER, COUNT AS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED.]
[Subsequent questions get at number of current jobs or (if respondent is not currently working) any jobs that have lasted two weeks or longer since random assignment date. Ultimately, the respondent provides information on all of the paid jobs he or she has worked at since the random assignment date (up to ten). The following questions, among many others, are asked for all of these jobs.]
F10a. What (is/was) your (current) hourly rate of pay, before taxes and deductions?
F10b. In addition to your hourly pay, (do/did) you get tips, bonuses, or commissions?
F11. How much (are/were) your weekly or monthly earnings, before taxes and other deductions (just before you left that job)? Please include any tips, bonuses, or commissions.
ACCEPT MOST CONVENIENT TIME PERIOD. [Other options besides weekly or monthly accepted, including twice a month, per year, etc.]
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
PROBE, IF PER JOB/PIECE/UNIT: How much did you earn in a typical day?
[The following questions were only asked for the respondent’s current/primary current or most recent job. Questions F12a, b were only asked if the job lasted three months or longer.]
F12b. Did you always earn (DOLLARS FROM F10a OR F11) per (HOUR/UNIT FROM F11) on this job?
F12c. How much were you paid when you started working on this job before taxes and other deductions? Please include tips, commissions, and regular overtime pay.
F13. Now thinking about your (current situation/last position) at work. (Are/Were) the following benefits available to you on this job. First…
Paid sick leave?
Paid vacation?
Paid holidays?
A retirement or pension plan?
Dental benefits, including any offered at a cost to you?
F13a. (ls/Was) there health insurance coverage available to you at your job at (EMPLOYER)?
PROBE FOR CURRENT JOB: Available now.
PROBE FOR PREVIOUS JOBS: Available at any time.
F13b. (Does/Did) (EMPLOYER) pay all, part or none of the cost of the premiums for this health insurance?
F13c. (Are/Were) you actually participating in the health insurance plan?
F13d. (Does/Did) the health insurance offered by (EMPLOYER) also cover other family members?
F14. How do you usually travel to this job?
IF A SINGLE COMMUTE UTILIZED SEVERAL MODES, CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY.
[Possible answers include welfare office provides ride or employer provides ride.]
F15. (Not counting gas you buy) How much does a one way trip cost you to get to work each day? Include things like bus and train fare, tolls, parking, and any other costs.
[INTERVIEWER: USE INTRO PHRASE IF “DRIVE SELF” IS CODED IN F14.]
PROBE: Just one way, not round trip.
WATCH THE DECIMAL POINT.
F17. Did you receive any assistance from (EMPLOYER) or from an agency to help you get to this job?
F7a. What assistance did you receive?
CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY
Discounted/free taxi ride
Discounted/free van/shuttle service
Discounted/free transit passes/tickets/tokens
Cash or check
Other (specify) ___________________
Don’t know
Refused
F18. Do you receive any financial assistance (from [EMPLOYER] or) from an agency for…
PROBE: Are you reimbursed for the cost in your paycheck?
DO NOT USE EMPLOYER FILL IF SELF EMPLOYED.
Purchasing uniforms or clothing?
Cleaning your uniforms or your clothing?
Purchasing tools or equipment?
Getting licenses?
[Questions are asked that get at if the respondent’s spouse/partner is currently working, or has ever worked since random assignment date.]
F36. Now I’d like to ask you some questions about (SPOUSE/PARTNER)’s (current/most recent) paying job. If (SPOUSE/PARTNER) (has/had) more than one job, please think about the one (he/she) considers(ed) to be (his/her) main job.
(Is/Was) (he/she) self-employed there?
PROBE: By main, I mean the job (SPOUSE/PARTNER) works(ed) the most hours at in a week.
PROBE: Did (he/she) work for (himself/herself) in (his/her) own business?
F37. What was (his/her) current hourly rate of pay, before taxes and deductions (just before (he/she) left that job)?
F38. In addition did (he/she) get tips, bonuses, or commissions?
F39. How much (are/were) (his/her) weekly or monthly earnings, before taxes and other deductions (just before [he/she] left that job)? Please include any tips, bonuses, or commissions.
ACCEPT MOST CONVENIENCE TIME PERIOD. [As with respondent’s earnings, different time periods other than weekly or monthly were accepted.]
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
PROBE, IF PER JOB/PIECE/UNIT: How much (does/did) (he/she) earn in a typical day?
F44. Were the following benefits available to (him/her) on this job? Was (ITEM) available?
PROBE FOR CURRENT JOB: Available now.
PROBE FOR PREVIOUS JOB: Available at any time.
Paid sick leave?
Paid vacation?
Paid holidays?
A retirement or pension plan?
Dental benefits, including any offered at a cost to him/her?
F45. Now I’d like to ask you about other income from any work (you/you or your spouse/partner) may have done to bring in extra money since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE).
Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did (you/you or your [spouse/partner]) have any income from odd jobs, side jobs, under-the-table jobs, or any other activities. Do not include income from gifts, child support, lottery winnings, and things like that.
READ ONLY IF R HESITATES: I know this may be a sensitive question, so I’m not asking you how the money was earned, just the amount. Please remember everything you tell me is completely confidential.
F46. Did (you/you or your [spouse/partner]) have any income from odd jobs, side jobs, under-the-table jobs, or any other activities (LAST MONTH)?
F47. What was the total amount of that income in (LAST MONTH)?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
Section G. Unearned Income and Income from Household
G1. Next I’d like to ask you some questions about sources of income and support. In (LAST MONTH), did you or any member of your household receive any of the following types of government assistance or income…
[INTERVIEWER: “CHILDREN” INCLUDES THOSE LIVING WITH THE SM [SAMPLE MEMBER] WHO HE/SHE HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR.]
G1a. TANF, or temporary assistance for needy families, or cash welfare for families with children?
PROBE: TANF used to be called AFDC or ADC.
G2. Food Stamps?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
G2a. A food voucher or food items from WIC or Women, Infants, and Children food program?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
G3. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Disability Insurance?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
G4. Social Security Retirement or Survivors Benefits?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
[REREAD QUESTION IF NECESSARY.]
In (LAST MONTH), did you or any member of your household receive any of the following types of government assistance or income…
G5. Unemployment Insurance benefits?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
G6. General Relief or General Assistance?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
G7. Foster care or adoption assistance?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
G8. Any other type(s) of government assistance such as Worker’s Compensation or veteran’s benefits? (SPECIFY) __________________________________________
G9. Child support not including any child support payments you may have received from the state?
PROBE: In (LAST MONTH)?
G10. Any other income such as rent from roomers or boarders, alimony, interest, private pension benefits, lottery winnings, other kinds of pension benefits, gifts or loans from someone outside your household or any other sources? (SPECIFY) ______________
G12. Now, I’d like to know about the amount of income from each source that was received by you, (your [spouse/partner]), (and by all other members of your household). First, [ASK COLUMN B ABOVE FOR EACH “YES” IN COLUMN A].
[These questions were asked for every type of income respondent said they had received in the last month.]
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from TANF?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from Food Stamps?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
What was the value of the WIC voucher you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household received last month?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from SSI/SSD?
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from Social Security Retirement or Survivor Benefits?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from Unemployment Insurance benefits?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from General Relief or General Assistance?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from foster care or adoption assistance?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from other types of government assistance?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from child support?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
How much did you, (your [spouse-partner]) or anybody else in your household receive last month from any other income?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
G14. Now I’d like you to think about the other people living in your household who are 14 years or older besides (SPOUSE’S/PARTNER’s [NAME]). How much money did (this person/these people) earn altogether from all jobs and self-employment in (LAST MONTH). Your best estimate is fine.
PROBE: I can help you add it up if you want to think out loud.
[The following questions were asked if the respondent didn’t know or refused.]
G15. Would you say the amount they earned in (LAST MONTH) was less than $1,000 or $1,000 or more?
G16. Would you say it was. . .
$1,000 to under
$1,500,
$1,500 to under $2,000,
$2,000 to under $2,500, or
$2,500 or more?
Don’t know
Refused
G17. Would you say it was…
less than $250,
$250 to under $500,
$500 to under $750, or
$750 to under $1,000?
Don’t know
Refused
Section H: Total Household Income
H1. Now, I’d like you to think about your household’s total income during the past 12 months from all sources including income from welfare, other public assistance, food stamps, child support, money from your child(ren)’s other parent, earnings from regular jobs, and earnings from odd jobs, side jobs, under-the-table jobs, and other activities and sources. What was the total income of all members of your household—including yourself-from all sources before taxes and deductions during the past 12 months?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
[The following questions were asked if the respondent didn’t know or refused.]
H2. During the past 12 months, would you say your household income was less than $20,000, or $20,000 or more?
H3. Would you say it was…
$20,000 to under $25,000,
$25,000 to under $30,000,
$30,000 to under $35,000, or
$35,000 or more?
Don’t know
Refused
H4. Would you say it was…
less than $5,000,
$5,000 to under $10,000,
$10,000 to under $15,000, or
$15,000 to under $20,000?
Don’t know
Refused
H5. Have you heard of the Earned Income Tax Credit or EITC? It is extra money people who work and have a limited income can get through the government when they file their tax return. This is also called the Earned Income Credit or EIC.
H6. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did you receive or apply to receive an Earned Income Tax Credit?
H7. Why did you not apply to receive an Earned Income Tax Credit since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE)?
MANDATORY PROBE: Are there other reasons?
CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY
| Did not know could get it | 01 |
| Did not know how to apply | 02 |
| Did not work or had very little earnings | 03 |
| Earnings too high to qualify | 04 |
| No children living at home | 05 |
| Someone else claimed children as dependents | 06 |
| Did not want to file income tax return | 07 |
| Did not want this kind of government help | 08 |
| Other (specify) | 09 |
| Don't know | d |
| Refused | r |
[Respondent would only have been asked one question out of H8b and H8c.]
H8b. Did you file a federal income tax return for 2001? Most people would have filed their 2001 income tax return by April 15, last year.
H8c. Did you file a federal income tax return for 2002? Most people would have filed their 2002 income tax return by April 15, this year.
H9. Did you receive a federal income tax refund last year? H10. Approximately how much was that tax refund?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
H11. Did you prepare your federal income tax return by yourself, or was it prepared by a tax preparer, someone at a local community organization, or family member or friend?
PROBE: That would be someone who is an experienced tax form preparer.
Section I: Child Care Arrangements
[Question I3 is only asked if the respondent is now working at a job or has ever worked at one since the random assignment date. Respondent can answer per week or per month.]
I3. Thinking about all of the children in your household under the age of 13 and including whatever (is/was) paid by you or by someone else in your household, how much (does/did) child care usually cost you? Do not include any amount you (pay/paid) but (get/were) reimbursed for later, or the value of any noncash payments.
PROBE IF SM STATES CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENTS OR COSTS CHANGED
DURING THE TIME AT THE JOB: Let’s focus on the child care costs during the last
few weeks (of that job).
I4. How much child care assistance do (you/you and your [spouse/partner]) receive in a typical month from welfare or social service agencies, employers, or friends or relatives outside your household? Please include child care benefits paid to (you/you and your spouse/partner), as well as any benefits paid directly to your child care provider.
PROBE: We only want to know the amount which is paid by someone else or for which you are reimbursed. Do not include the amount you pay for child care from your household’s income.
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
[Question I4 could also be answered per week or per day.]
Section M: Material Hardship, Support Networks and Family Well-Being
Now I have questions about your family’s well-being.
[INTERVIEWER: INCARCERATED SAMPLE MEMBERS SHOULD PROVIDE
RESPONSES IN THIS SECTION BASED ON THEIR SITUATIONS PRIOR TO BECOMING INCARCERATED (E1).]
M3. The next few questions are about your own health insurance or health care coverage. Please do not include your children or any other adults in your household in your answer. Are you currently covered by either Medicaid, private health insurance, or any other kind of health care coverage?
M4. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), have you personally ever been without health care coverage?
[Question M4 is not asked if respondent does not currently has health insurance.]
M6. The next few questions are about (FILL NAMES OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD UNDER AGE 18).
(Is this/Are all of these) child(ren) currently covered by Medicaid, private health insurance, or any other kind of health care coverage?
M7. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), (has this/have any of these) child(ren) ever been without health care coverage?
[Question M7 is not asked if respondent’s children do not currently have health insurance.]
PERSONAL SUPPORT NETWORKS
Now I would like to ask you a few questions about people you go to for advice or rely on for help.
M8. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did you receive any of the following types of help from your parents, relatives, friends or neighbors who do not live with you?
Transportation or rides to places you needed to be?
A place to stay when you didn’t have your own place?
Food or meals? Groceries?
Gifts or money?
PROBE: Please do not include formal child support payments.
Babysitting or help with child care?
[Question M10 was only asked about types of help that respondent did not receive.]
M10. If you needed (INSERT TYPE OF HELP), could you get it from your parents, relatives, friends or neighbors who do not live with you?
Transportation or rides to places you needed to be?
A place to stay when you didn’t have your own place?
Food or meals? Groceries?
Gifts or money?
Babysitting or help with child care?
M11. Next, please tell me if any of the following services were located in your area during the past year:
A food pantry or soup kitchen?
A crisis hotline or walk-in center?
A thrift shop, Goodwill Industries store or Salvation Army store?
A church or other community organization that helped with money, food or other kinds of assistance?
[Question M12 was only asked for those services the respondent answered “yes” to in question M11.]
M12. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did you or you (child/children who lives with you) ever visit or receive help from (SERVICE [from M11]) in your area?
Section N: Non-Program Car Financing
N1. Now I’d like to ask you about help you may have received financing the purchase of an automobile since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE).
Did you [or your spouse/partner/boyfriend/girlfriend] receive a gift of money from family or friends outside the household to help pay for the purchase of a car, including the cost of registration, taxes, and licensing fees?
N2. How much money did (you/you and [he/she]) receive?
N3. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did you [or your spouse/partner/ boyfriend/girlfriend] receive a gift of money from family or friends outside the household to help pay for expenses related to the maintenance or repair of a car?
N4. How much money did (you/you and [he/she]) receive?
N5. Since (RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DATE), did you [or spouse/partner/ boyfriend/girlfriend] obtain a loan from a bank, other financial institution, car dealership, welfare agency, or community organization to help pay for a car?
N6. Where did you get the loan? Was it from . . .
A bank or some other financial institution such as a credit union or savings and loan?
A special program through the welfare office, a community agency or other organization?
A care dealership?
Any where else? (specify) _____________________________
N8. How much was the loan?
Section O: Background and Contact Information
O5. Have you ever received TANF or AFDC welfare in your own name, for your own case?
O6. In what month and year did you first start receiving TANF or AFDC in your own name, for your own case?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
O7. In total, about how long have you received TANF or AFDC in your own name?
PROBE: Your best estimate is fine.
[READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY]
1 to 6 months
7 to 12 months
13 months to 24 months (over 1 year but less than 2 years)
25 months to 60 months (over 2 years but less than 5 years)
More than 60 months (over 5 years)
Don’t know
Refused
References and Source Documents
Burwick, A., & Meckstroth, A. (2002, October). Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation, a summary of the evaluation design and demonstration programs. Final report. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Markesich, J., Marsh, S., & Ponza, M. (2003, February). The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation Project implementation plan for the 18 and 30 month follow-up surveys. Final report. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (2002, October). The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation, supporting statement for request for OMB approval of the 18-month follow-up survey and site visit protocols. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (2003, October). The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation, revised draft supporting statement for request for OMB approval of the 30-month follow-up survey. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Meckstroth, A., & Burwick, A. (2002, February). Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation process and implementation study: Objectives, data collection methods, and site visit protocols. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Ponza, M., Meckstroth, A., & Burwick, A. (2003, January). The Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation Project evaluation design. Draft report. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002, October). Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation: A summary of the evaluation design and demonstration programs. Washington, DC: Author. Available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/welfare_employ/rural_wtw/index.html
The data collected through the two rounds of follow-up surveys, from state and program administrative records, and from the site visits will be incorporated in the series of evaluation reports. The impact analysis will be conducted in three rounds, each followed by some form of reporting. A short-term cost-benefit report will be prepared, and then a final impact and cost-benefit report will be prepared at the end of the project. Special topical papers, briefings, and public use data files are also part of the analysis and reporting phase.
Short-Term Impact Memoranda and Reports. We will conduct two rounds of interim, short-run analyses, with each drawing on increasing shares of the evaluation sample as it is enrolled over time and on increasing periods of follow-up data. These findings will be reported in stages, separately by site. The first impact analysis “memoranda,” which will report on short-term impacts based on analysis of administrative data, will be submitted in 2004–2005. These will be followed with site-specific reports on short-term impacts based on the 18-month survey data and additional quarters of administrative data, during 2005–2006.
Interim and Final Process Study Reports. We will follow a similar sequence of producing interim memoranda and report for the process study. An interim cross-site report on program implementation and operations will be submitted in fall 2003. Site-specific reports on program participation and experiences will be issued during 2005–2006.
Reports on Costs and Short-Term Cost-Benefits. Separately for each site, we will prepare reports on program costs and short-term benefit-costs, submitting them in 2005–2006.
Final Reports. We will prepare the final reports as final data on the evaluation sample become available from the 30-month follow-up survey and analysis of additional administrative records data on sample members. Analysis of longer-term impacts and costs will be conducted in late 2006 and early 2007, drawing on the 30-month follow-up survey data. A draft overall final report on impacts and cost-benefits and implementation findings will be submitted in summer 2007, with revisions completed within 2 months of submission. With the final report, we will prepare a brief synthesis report.
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