Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) Series

collection: series

Investigator(s): U.S. Bureau of the Census

Studies

9

Variables

0

Publications

2

About this Collection

The Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) series was developed by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census in response to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 that directed the Census Bureau to collect data necessary to evaluate the impact of the law from households previously interviewed in the 1992 and 1993 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) panels. The goal of the SPD program is to provide policymakers a survey to assess the effects of the recent welfare reforms, how these reforms interact with each other, and with employment, income, and family circumstances, and the long-term effects of welfare reforms on the well-being of recipients, their families, and their children. The program spans from the pre-reform through the post-reform period, 1992-2002 (when combined with the 1992 SIPP panel data). Data are furnished on estimates of the economic status and activities of both the working and the nonworking population of the United States. In order to obtain information about past economic history, employment, income, and program participation, two retired SIPP panels (1992 and 1993) were chosen as the SPD sample. The SPD instrument has a core that remains essentially the same over the 1998-2002 period, and topical modules that vary by year. The core information consists of basic demographics, labor force activity, income, and program participation/noncash benefits. The SPD also has two components that consist of adult questions and child-related questions. The topics that the SPD covers are an extension of those covered by the SIPP, but placed in an annual survey questionnaire, using guidance from such annual surveys as the March Supplement to the Current Population Survey, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the National Longitudinal Surveys. Also, files in the SPD are linkable with files in the SIPP, thus realizing their full potential. Interviews carried out with the same households in both the SIPP and the SPD expand the range of information on the same population. For example, while the 1992 and 1993 SIPP panel data provide extensive background from which to determine the effects of welfare reform, the 1997 SPD Experimental, Bridge Survey File provides data covering the baseline pre-reform period, the reform implementation period, and the medium-term, post-reform period for the same population interviewed in both sets of surveys.

Studies

9 results

Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD), 2000: Cross-Sectional File

The 2000 SPD Cross-Sectional file is a minimally edited file that provides socioeconomic data for calendar year 1999. It is intended for analyses of effects of welfare reform on individuals, families and households. The file can be linked to the SPD First Longitudinal File (ICPSR 3315), the SPD Second Longitudinal File (ICPSR 3594), the SPD Third Longitudinal File (ICPSR 4470), the SPD 1997 Bridge (ICPSR 2797), the SPD 1998 (ICPSR 2917), and the SIPP Panel files for 1992 (ICPSR 6429) and 1993 (ICPSR 6886). The file contains basic demographic, economic, and social characteristics data for each member of the households for 2000. 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 2000 for the 1999 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.

Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) Third Longitudinal File: Data Years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001

The Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) Third Longitudinal File is a fully edited file that provides socioeconomic data for the calendar years 1992-2001, except 1995. It is intended for longitudinal analyses of effects of welfare reform on individuals, families, and households. The file can be linked to the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) First Longitudinal File (ICPSR 3315), SPD Second Longitudinal File (ICPSR 3594), SPD 1997 Bridge (ICPSR 2797), SPD 1998 (ICPSR 2917), and the SIPP panel files for 1992 (ICPSR 6429) and 1993 (ICPSR 6886). The subject matter is described as follows: demographic data (age, sex, ethnic origin, marital status, household relationship, education, and veteran status), economic data (work experience, employment status, occupation, industry, weeks worked and hours per week worked, total income, and income components for people 15 years and older), income data (income from jobs, net income from business, farm or rent, pensions, dividends, interest, and Social Security payments), and data covering noncash income sources (food stamps, school lunch program, employer-provided group health insurance plan, employer-provided pension plans, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance). The file contains codes for 41 individual states, plus the District of Columbia. The SPD sample in the nine remaining states is identified in three groups for confidentiality reasons: (1) Maine and Vermont, (2) Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota, and (3) Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The sample is not designed to produce state estimates.

Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD), 1999: Cross-Sectional File

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.

Variables

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