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Program Income and Public Assistance
Program Income and Public Assistance
Program income includes income from a variety of sources such as Social Security payments, Unemployment Compensation, and VA Benefits. Public assistance includes cash and non-cash benefits (e.g. TANF, SNAP) to low-income families or individuals.
Publications
An Analysis of the 2018 Congressional Election
This report summarizes the characteristics of those who voted and registered in the November 2018 election and in congressional elections since 1978.
Benefits Received by Veterans and Their Survivors: 2017
In 2017, almost one-half of veterans (46.7 percent) received at least one cash or noncash benefit from the VA or the military.
A Profile of Supplemental Security Income Recipients: 2017
This brief examines SSI receipt in 2017. It includes demographics for three age groups and benefit receipt from complementary programs among adult recipients.
Working Papers
Cognitive Testing Results for the CPS Food Security Supplement
Testing on how participants interpreted new questions and modifications to existing questions about food insecurity and food purchases.
Is Retirement More Unequal Than We Think?
This conference paper examines income inequality among older households using SIPP linked to administrative records.
Economic Well-Being of Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The paper uses data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey to show income sources families used to support themselves at three points during the pandemic.
Tables
SIPP Detailed Program Receipt 508 Compliant Tables: 2019
These SIPP tables provide national data about a variety of social welfare and social insurance programs.
SIPP Detailed Program Receipt Tables: 2019
These SIPP tables provide national data about a variety of social welfare and social insurance programs.
SIPP Detailed Program Receipt 508 Compliant Tables: 2018
These SIPP tables provide national data about a variety of social welfare and social insurance programs.
Visualizations
WIC Program Eligibility and Participation
View WIC program eligibility and participation estimates by state from linked American Community Survey and Administrative Records.
SNAP Profiles New York State (Interactive)
SNAP is the largest federal program to reduce domestic hunger, but many eligible people do not participate.
Nutrition Assistance: Number of Children Receiving Food Stamps
The number of children receiving food stamps remains higher than it was before the start of the Great Recession in 2007.
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