The Effects of Questionnaire Design Changes on General Income Amount Nonresponse in Waves 1 and 2 of the 2004 SIPP Panel
The Effects of Questionnaire Design Changes on General Income Amount Nonresponse in Waves 1 and 2 of the 2004 SIPP Panel
RSM2006-04
Abstract
The "general income" section of the SIPP interview asks about income other than earnings, and other than financial investments - it focuses primarily on participation in and reciept of income from pensions, public assistance, and other transfer-type programs. New procedures were introduced in the 2004 panel wave 2 SIPP questionnaire in an attempt to reduce nonresponse to general income amount items.
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