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    • Wave 12 Survey of Income and Program Participation - 1996 Panel: Topical Modules

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey that provides comprehensive data about the income and government program participation of individuals and households in the United States. Every interview of the 1996 SIPP Panel included a topical module that asked for detailed information on one of a rotating group of topics. These microdata contain data for these rotating topics. Interviews occurred every four months, with the first interview occurring between April 1996 and July 1996.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    References

    https://www.census.gov/developers/

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Census Bureau
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://api.census.gov/data/id/SIPP1996TOPICALV12
    Data Last Modified 2022-12-13 16:38:41.0
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 006:07
    C Dataset "sipp", "topical", "1996panel", "wave12"
    C Documentationlink https://www.census.gov/developer/
    C Exampleslink http://api.census.gov/data/1996/sipp/topical/1996panel/wave12/examples.json
    C Geographylink http://api.census.gov/data/1996/sipp/topical/1996panel/wave12/geography.json
    C Groupslink http://api.census.gov/data/1996/sipp/topical/1996panel/wave12/groups.json
    C Isavailable True
    C Iscube True
    C Ismicrodata True
    C Sorts Url http://api.census.gov/data/1996/sipp/topical/1996panel/wave12/sorts.json
    C Tagslink http://api.census.gov/data/1996/sipp/topical/1996panel/wave12/tags.json
    C Variableslink http://api.census.gov/data/1996/sipp/topical/1996panel/wave12/variables.json
    C Vintage 1996
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id d8f82b50-13a9-4d42-8520-e9e2a74e6639
    Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 006:004
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department Of Commerce > U.S. Census Bureau
    Related Documents https://www.census.gov/developers/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 758f148c50d736b097dfda2b05aad4934925c210d34186c98a4806b7cfbd8c8c
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":-124.733253,24.544245,-124.733253,49.388611,-66.954811,49.388611,-66.954811,24.544245,-124.733253,24.544245}
    Temporal 1996/1996

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