Characteristics of Recipients and the Dynamics of Program Participation: 1987-1988

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Report Number: P70-31

Introduction

This report uses data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to examine the participation in various government assistance programs at a point in time and over a 28-month period. It presents data from the complete panel file of the 1987 SIPP1 which covers the time period from October 1986 through April 1989. Descriptions of the SIPP program and the 1987 panel file are contained in appendixes B and E, respectively.

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1 The wave files were used only to extract the month weights necessary for cross-sectional estimates.

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