TABLE 1: COMPARISON OF THE POPULATION OF CHILDREN UNDER 19 REPRESENTED BY THE 1992 SIPP PANELAND THE SIPP CROSS-SECTION SAMPLE: JANUARY 1992 TO SEPTEMBER 1994
| Estimates from the 1992 SIPP Panel Sample | Estimates from the 1992 SIPPCross-section Sample | ||||||||
| Age | Jan 1992 | Oct 1992 | Sept 1993 | Sept 1994 | Jan 1992 | Oct 1992 | Sept 1993 | Sept 1994 | |
| Total | 72,103,000 | 71,549,000 | 70,868,000 | 69,935,000 | 71,016,000 | 72,374,000 | 73,137,000 | 73,957,000 | |
| 0 | 4,490,000 | 3,123,000 | 3,469,000 | 2,943,000 | 4,214,000 | 4,058,000 | 4,082,000 | 3,984,000 | |
| 1 | 4,236,000 | 4,569,000 | 3,008,000 | 3,392,000 | 4,048,000 | 4,168,000 | 4,016,000 | 4,127,000 | |
| 2 | 4,109,000 | 4,084,000 | 4,558,000 | 2,992,000 | 4,010,000 | 4,173,000 | 4,102,000 | 4,010,000 | |
| 3 | 3,969,000 | 4,006,000 | 4,043,000 | 4,501,000 | 3,910,000 | 3,964,000 | 4,192,000 | 4,176,000 | |
| 4 | 4,033,000 | 3,880,000 | 4,004,000 | 4,021,000 | 3,899,000 | 3,886,000 | 3,962,000 | 4,152,000 | |
| 5 | 3,629,000 | 4,054,000 | 3,867,000 | 3,975,000 | 3,871,000 | 3,934,000 | 4,003,000 | 3,899,000 | |
| 6 | 3,854,000 | 3,598,000 | 3,993,000 | 3,854,000 | 3,795,000 | 3,790,000 | 3,876,000 | 4,068,000 | |
| 7 | 3,768,000 | 3,759,000 | 3,607,000 | 3,988,000 | 3,757,000 | 3,852,000 | 3,886,000 | 3,961,000 | |
| 8 | 3,583,000 | 3,759,000 | 3,841,000 | 3,581,000 | 3,577,000 | 3,562,000 | 3,805,000 | 3,683,000 | |
| 9 | 3,814,000 | 3,641,000 | 3,532,000 | 3,837,000 | 3,912,000 | 3,888,000 | 3,787,000 | 4,015,000 | |
| 10 | 3,816,000 | 3,841,000 | 3,785,000 | 3,519,000 | 3,814,000 | 3,968,000 | 3,722,000 | 3,774,000 | |
| 11 | 4,058,000 | 3,838,000 | 3,742,000 | 3,785,000 | 3,893,000 | 3,782,000 | 4,009,000 | 3,927,000 | |
| 12 | 3,584,000 | 4,045,000 | 3,931,000 | 3,736,000 | 3,616,000 | 3,863,000 | 3,723,000 | 3,793,000 | |
| 13 | 3,471,000 | 3,458,000 | 3,906,000 | 3,919,000 | 3,507,000 | 3,576,000 | 3,841,000 | 3,861,000 | |
| 14 | 3,534,000 | 3,477,000 | 3,461,000 | 3,886,000 | 3,542,000 | 3,540,000 | 3,680,000 | 3,883,000 | |
| 15 | 3,748,000 | 3,449,000 | 3,376,000 | 3,443,000 | 3,517,000 | 3,628,000 | 3,620,000 | 3,713,000 | |
| 16 | 3,778,000 | 3,776,000 | 3,578,000 | 3,370,000 | 3,577,000 | 3,631,000 | 3,707,000 | 3,617,000 | |
| 17 | 3,532,000 | 3,612,000 | 3,678,000 | 3,551,000 | 3,331,000 | 3,454,000 | 3,515,000 | 3,790,000 | |
| 18 | 3,095,000 | 3,580,000 | 3,490,000 | 3,642,000 | 3,226,000 | 3,656,000 | 3,609,000 | 3,523,000 | |
| Change from Jan 1992 | |||||||||
| Total | -554,000 | -1,235,000 | -2,168,000 | 1,358,000 | 2,121,000 | 2,941,000 | |||
| 0 to 2 | -1,060,000 | -1,800,000 | -3,508,000 | 127,000 | -72,000 | -151,000 | |||
| 3 to 18 | 505,000 | 565,000 | 1,341,000 | 1,231,000 | 2,193,000 | 3,092,000 | |||
| 3 to 5 | 309,000 | 283,000 | 866,000 | 104,000 | 478,000 | 548,000 | |||
| 6 to 10 | -238,000 | -78,000 | -56,000 | 206,000 | 221,000 | 647,000 | |||
| 11 to 15 | -128,000 | 21,000 | 376,000 | 314,000 | 796,000 | 1,100,000 | |||
| 16 to 18 | 561,000 | 340,000 | 156,000 | 608,000 | 698,000 | 797,000 | |||