SIPP Attachment I - Postcard

Dear Respondent,
household-based survey designed to measure the economic
elected representatives, and researchers to examine the success or
shortcomings of government programs and legislation.
policies and be good stewards of your tax dollars. SIPP is the sole
source of national information for a wide variety of topics and
allows for the investigation of the interaction between earnings,
program transfers, and other government and private sector
actions. Your household has been selected to represent thousands
of similar households in the area.

Thank you for participating in this
survey and for helping represent our
nation’s most important asset…

People Just Like You.

economic situation of your household and others is accurately
portrayed.
We thank you for your participation in the Survey of Income and
Program Participation.
Sincerely,

Connect with us@uscensusbureau

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single most
important
survey on the
effects of
government
programs on
Americans’ lives.

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The New York Times, May 31, 2007.

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people were doing.
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Eighty-one percent of
low-income Latino
children with at least
one immigrant parent
lived in a household
with one or more
employed adults.
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SIPP is the
best data
we have.
“Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty. Here’s how
they get by,” The Washington Post, May 13, 2013.

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SIPP in the News…

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to
are more
financially resilient than middleincome families without savings.
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The New York Times, A ril 2 , 2020

Licenses and certificates offer an edge
in earnings to mericans who haven t
earned a achelor s degree eople who
didn t graduate from high school
earned
more if they had some ind
of alternative credential.
“Latinos lag in getting alternative educational credentials,” The os
e es Times, January 16, 2014