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

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: 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.
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: Resident population of the United States, excluding
persons living in institutions and military barracks.