[Federal Register: July 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 144)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Wave 7 of the 2004 Panel
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 26,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at DHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Patrick J. Benton, Census Bureau, FOB 3, Room
3387, Washington, DC 20233-8400, (301) 763-4618.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau conducts the SIPP which is a household-based
survey designed as a continuous series of national panels. New panels
are introduced every few years with each panel usually having durations
of one to five years. Respondents are interviewed at 4-month intervals
or ``waves'' over the life of the panel. The survey is molded around a
central ``core'' of labor force and income questions that remain fixed
throughout the life of the panel. The core is supplemented with
questions designed to address specific needs, such as obtaining
information on retirement plans, taxes, and providing health care in
the home. These supplemental questions are included with the core and
are referred to as ``topical modules.''
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, 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 2004 Panel is currently scheduled for 5 years and will include
15 waves of interviewing, which began in February 2004. The 2004 Panel
is scheduled for 5 years because of the re-authoring of the instrument
and re-engineering of the post data collection processing systems for
the 2009 Panel. Approximately 62,000 households were selected for the
2004 Panel, of which, 46,500 are expected to be interviewed. We
estimate that each household will contain 2.1 people 15 years of age or
older, yielding 97,650 interviews in Wave 1 and subsequent waves.
Interviews take 30 minutes on average. Three waves of interviewing will
occur in the 2004 SIPP Panel during FY 2006. The total annual burden
for 2004 Panel SIPP interviews will be 146,475 hours in FY 2006.
The topical modules for the 2004 Panel Wave 7 collect information
about:
Informal Caregiving.
Retirement and Pension Plan Coverage.
Annual Income and Retirement Accounts.
Taxes.
Wave 7 interviews will be conducted from February 2006 through May
2006.
A 10-minute reinterview of 3,100 people is conducted at each wave
to ensure accuracy of responses. Reinterviews will require an
additional 1,553 burden hours in FY 2006.
II. Method of Collection
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 1 to 4 years. All household members 15 years
old or over are interviewed using regular proxy-respondent rules.
During the 2004 Panel, respondents are interviewed a total of 15 times
(15 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 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 individuals move, they
are not followed unless they happen to move along with a Wave 1 sample
individual.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0607-0905.
Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 97,650 people per wave.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 148,028.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is their
time.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have
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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for the Office of Management and Budget
approval of this information collection. They also will become a matter
of public record.
Dated: July 22, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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