Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD), 1999: Cross-Sectional File United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census demographic characteristics economic behavior employee benefits employment income job history occupations personal finances public assistance programs socioeconomic status unemployment welfare reform welfare services work experience AHRQMCC.I ICPSR.I.A.4 The 1999 SPD Cross-Sectional file is a minimally edited file that provides socioeconomic data for calendar year 1998. It is intended for analyses of effects of welfare reform on individuals, families and households. The file can be linked to the SPD Third Longitudinal, the SPD Second Longitudinal, the SPD First Longitudinal, the SPD 1998, the SPD 1997 Bridge and the 1992 and 1993 SIPP Panel files. The file contains basic demographic, economic, and social characteristics data for each member of the households for 1999. The subject matter is described as follows: demographic data on age, sex, race, ethnic origin, marital status, household relationship, education attainment, and veteran status. Demographic data refer to the time of the interview in 1999 for the 1998 data year. Economic data include comprehensive work experience information given on the employment status, occupation, industry, weeks worked and hours per week worked, total income, and income components for persons aged 15 and over. The data on employment refer to the preceding year. Income data cover income sources such as income from jobs, net income from businesses, farm or rent, pensions, dividends, interest, and social security payments. Data on income refer to the preceding year. Noncash benefits data cover noncash income sources such as food stamps, the school lunch program, employer-provided group health insurance plan, employer-provided pension plans, personal health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS/Tricare or military health care, and energy assistance. Most data on noncash benefits refer to the preceding year. However, some questions refer to the week before the interview. 2006-03-06 survey data 4336 10.3886/ICPSR04336.v1 United States 1999 1998 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).