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JSM 2002 Abstract #301090
Activity Number: 173
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics*
Abstract - #301090
Title: Complex Data for Complex Problems--Welfare Reform and the Survey of Program Dynamics
Author(s): Peter Fronczek*+
Affiliation(s): U.S. Census Bureau
Address: HHES Division, Room 1065-3, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233-8500, United States
Keywords: data access ; welfare reform ; longitudinal studies
Abstract:

The Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) is a longitudinal, demographic survey which grew out of the 1996 legislation reforming the national welfare system. That legislation directed the Census Bureau to collect data, paying particular attention to issues of out-of-wedlock births, welfare dependency, spells of welfare and their causes, and the status of children. SPD data allows researchers to address these questions and many more. While providing unique opportunities to researchers, the SPD offers a significant number of challenges in the longitudinal use of the survey data, including those inherent with using three different collection vehicles over the life of the survey, the lack of continuous annual data over the ten-year survey period, high levels of attrition, and the use of topical module data with core SPD data. This paper focuses on these challenges and offers suggestions on how they can be overcome. It also provides an introduction to the three contributed papers in this session, which present real life examples of using SPD data.


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