The Significance of SIPP for Child Support Research and Policy Formulation¹

Issue title: The Future of the Survey of Income and Program Participation

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mellgren, Linda M.^a

Affiliations: [a] Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C., USA

Note: [1] An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference on the Future of SIPP held by the Committee on National Statistics' Panel to Evaluate the Survey of Income and Program Participation, Washington, D.C., April 11–12, 1991. The author wishes to thank Steve Garasky, Dan Meyer and Joan Turek-Brezina for their helpful comments and conversations. The views and opinions expressed in this paper (along with any errors) are those of the author and should not be construed as representing the official position or policy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any office therein.

DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1992-181-413

Journal: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 18, no. 1-4, pp. 253-270, 1992