Public assistance income provides cash payments to poor families or individuals and includes Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance (GA).
Publications
PUBLICATION | AUGUST 24, 2018
Participation Rates & Monthly Payments from Social Insurance: 2014
Reports program participation rates & benefit amounts received by individuals for selected social insurance programs in 2014, as reported in SIPP2014, Wave 2.
PUBLICATION | NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Participation Rates in Other Assistance Programs: 2013
Reports individual participation rates in selected other assistance programs in 2013 as reported in the 2014 SIPP, Wave 1.
PUBLICATION | MARCH 14, 2017
Participation Rates & Monthly Payments From Social Insurance Programs
Reports program participation rates and benefit amounts received by individuals for selected social insurance programs in 2013, as reported in the 2014 (SIPP).
Working Papers
WORKING PAPER | SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
What are Housing Assistance Support Recipients Reporting as Rent?
This paper shows research on how best to incorporate the reporting of rent from the ACS as part of the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure research.
WORKING PAPER | JULY 25, 2017
Do Older Americans Have More Income Than We Think?
This paper reassesses income and poverty statistics for the population aged 65 and over using the CPS ASEC linked to IRS and SSA administrative records.
WORKING PAPER | SEPTEMBER 2016
Retirement Income of Women Working Longer
Despite women’s increased labor force attachment over the lifecycle, household surveys do not show increases in retirement income for women at older ages.
Tables
TABLE | DECEMBER 2014
A Child's Day: 2011 - Detailed Tables
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008 Panel, Wave 10
TABLE | AUGUST 2010
A Child's Day: 2009 - Detailed Tables
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008 Panel, Wave 4
TABLE | MARCH 2009
A Child's Day: 2006 - Detailed Tables
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2004 Panel, Wave 8
Visualizations
VISUALIZATION | APRIL 24, 2017
SNAP Profiles New York State (Interactive)
SNAP is the largest federal program to reduce domestic hunger, but many eligible people do not participate.
FIGURE | FEBRUARY 20, 2015
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.
INFOGRAPHIC | DECEMBER 12, 2013
Government Benefit Programs
Information on the number of households that participate in government benefit programs.
