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DEWS: A Streamlined Survey for Economic Well-being Dynamics

DEWS, the replacement for SIPP, is a panel survey conducted over 3 years to collect detailed information on demographics, labor force, assets, program participation, income, health insurance, education, and more. With streamlined data collection methods and key focus areas, DEWS offers valuable insights for policy analysis models.

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DEWS: A Streamlined Survey for Economic Well-being Dynamics

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  1. Dynamics of Economic Well-being System (DEWS) Census Bureau’s replacement for SIPP

  2. DEWS Survey design • Panel survey over 3 years—”a streamlined SIPP” • Six weeks of interviewing in-person and phone (CAPI, CATI programmed in Blaise) for one interview per year • Collect detailed information on previous month • Use Event History (as in PSID) to recall each of 12 previous months on selected items • Administrative records used to edit and impute • DEWS begins in FY2009

  3. DEWS Core content of month interview • Demographics • Labor force • Assets (holdings as well as income) • Program Participation • General Income • Health Insurance • Education

  4. DEWS Reimbursable Supplements • SSA policy analysis models use SIPP for retirement income of the baby boom (MINT), for SSI eligibility and participation (FEM), for Medicare Part D extra help (FEM), and for ad hoc analyses. • Assessed needs for these models not met by Census DEWS interview. • Reviewed topical module information used in models.

  5. SSA Supplemental topics for models • Marital History and Fertility History • Citizenship and immigration • Health functioning • Participation in pension on the job and pension characteristics • IRA, Keogh Account contributions and accounts

  6. Omitted subjects of interest • Lump sum pension withdrawals • Size of firm • Material well-being • Health conditions, stress, and NAGI functioning

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