DOI: 10.3886/icpsr09319.v1
title: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1986 Panel
title: Version 1

description: This data collection is part of a longitudinal survey designed to provide detailed information on the economic situation of households and persons in the United States. These data examine the distribution of income, wealth, and poverty in American society and gauge the effects of federal and state programs on the well-being of families and individuals. There are three basic elements contained in the survey. The first is a control card that records basic social and demographic characteristics for each person in a household, as well as changes in such characteristics over the course of the interviewing period. The second element is the core portion of the questionnaire, with questions repeated at each interview on labor force activity, types and amounts of income, participation in various cash and noncash benefit programs, attendance in postsecondary schools, private health insurance coverage, public or subsidized rental housing, low-income energy assistance, and school breakfast and lunch participation. The third element consists of topical modules, which are series of supplemental questions asked during selected household visits. A topical module was not created for the first wave of the 1986 panel. The topical module for Wave II is considered a Personal History topical module. It includes data on fertility, marital status, migration, recipiency of transfer payments, employment, work disability, and education and training history. Data on family background and household relationships are also provided. Wave III topical module concerns child care arrangements, child support agreements, support for nonhousehold members, job offers, health status and utilization of health care services, long-term care, and disability status of children. Wave IV topical module includes data on assets and liabilities, real estate property and vehicles, retirement expectations and pension plans. The topical module for Wave V includes questions on educational financing and enrollment. Wave VI topical module covers child care arrangements, child support agreements, support for nonhousehold members, work related expenses, housing costs, and energy usage. Wave VII topical module covers assets and liabilities.
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Wave I Rectangular Data 
 DS2: Data Dictionary for Wave I Rectangular File 
 DS3: Wave II Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data 
 DS4: Data Dictionary for Wave II Rectangular Core and Topical Module File 
 DS5: Wave III Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data 
 DS6: Data Dictionary for Wave III Rectangular Core and Topical Module File 
 DS7: Wave IV Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data 
 DS8: Data Dictionary for Wave IV Rectangular Core and Topical Module File 
 DS9: Wave V Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data 
 DS10: Data Dictionary for Wave V Rectangular Core and Topical Module File 
 DS11: Wave VI Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data 
 DS12: Data Dictionary for Wave VI Rectangular Core and Topical Module File 
 DS13: Wave VII Rectangular Core and Topical Module Data 
 DS14: Data Dictionary for Wave VII Rectangular Core and Topical Module File 
 DS15: Frequencies, Wave I 
 DS16: Frequencies, Wave II 
 DS17: Frequencies, Wave III 
 DS18: Frequencies, Wave IV 
 DS19: Frequencies, Wave V 
 DS20: Frequencies, Wave VI 
 DS21: Frequencies, Wave VII 
 DS22: Wave 5 Core and Topical Module Microdata Research File 
 DS24: User Guide
description: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Series
description: Resident population of the United States, excluding persons living in institutions and military barracks.
description: A multistage stratified sampling design was used. The 1986 panel consisted of 11,513 households. One-fourth of these households were interviewed each month, and households were reinterviewed at four-month intervals. All persons at least 15 years old who were present as household members at the time of the first interview were included for the entire study, except those who joined the military, were institutionalized for the entire study period, or moved from the United States. Original household members who moved during the study period were followed to their new residences and interviewed there. New persons moving into households of members of the original sample also were included in the survey, but were not followed if they left the household of an original sample person.