Overview

The Evaluating the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Welfare Benefits Reporting Using Matched Administrative Records from California project is designed to conduct a comparative analysis of patterns and trends in welfare participation and reporting in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). It also will determine the accuracy of SIPP program data by comparing it against State administrative records in California.

The major research questions are: (1) How does the reporting of welfare benefits in SIPP compare to State administrative records? (2) How does the information on family structure and earnings of individuals and family members contained in SIPP compare with measures of earnings derived for AFDC/TANF assistance units and from unemployment insurance (UI) data?

SIPP and State administrative data files will be compared to answer the research questions.

The Project period is 10/01/00-12/31/04 and the point on contact is Leonard Sternbach. Ask a Question.