Data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) provide information on current and potential beneficiaries served by Social Security Administration (SSA) programs. SSA also links administrative records to the records of...

Presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT.

Income is a critical classification variable for policy-related analyses, and together with poverty status is often key in the development of public policy. Most federal household surveys collect some income data and provide measures of poverty status. Yet income is difficult to measure in...

Previous studies have identified possible shortcomings in the SIPP data on wealth, raising concerns about using these data for research purposes. This report compares recent SIPP estimates of wealth with those derived from the Survey of Consumer Finances and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics,...

Income is a critical classification variable for policy-related analyses, and together with poverty status is often key in the development of public policy. Most federal household surveys collect some income data and provide measures of poverty status. Yet income is difficult to measure in...

Presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT.

Describes two applications of a method for reweighting a survey or administrative records database to borrow strength and improve the precision of state estimates. The first is estimating the numbers and characteristics of children without health insurance. The second is microsimulation of...