Prepared for:
Julia Isaacs
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation
Prepared by:
Tammy Ouellette, Nancy Burstein, David Long, and Erik Beecroft
April 2004
Contract #: 282-98-0006 (TO#31)
This report is available on the Internet at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/material-hardship04/
Executive Summary (in PDF format)
Research Brief (in PDF format)
Chapter 1: Introduction (in PDF format)
Chapter 2: Defining and Measuring Material Hardship (in PDF format)
Chapter 3: Material Hardship Indexes (in PDF format)
Chapter 4: Measuring Material Hardship in the SIPP (in PDF format)
Chapter 5: Unanswered Questions for Future Research (in PDF format)
Appendix A: Summary: Roundtable Meeting on Measuring Material Hardship. A-1 (in PDF format)
Appendix B: Summary of Basic Needs Questions Included in SIPP Survey. B-1 (in PDF format)
Appendix C: Questions Included in the 1996 SIPP that were used in Analyses presented in Chapter 4. C-1 (in PDF format)
Appendix D: Additional SIPP Analyses. D-1 (in PDF format)
Exhibit 2.1 Definitions Used to
Describe Material Hardship in US Research
Exhibit 2.2 Domains Measured in
Several US Surveys and Studies
Exhibit 2.3 Suggested Criteria for
Developing Material Hardship and Well-Being Measures
Exhibit 2.4 Bauman (2002a) Summary
of Advantages and Disadvantages of Indexes, Scales, and Separate
Indicators
Exhibit 2.5 Examples of Summary
Measures Based on Logic and Judgment
Exhibit 2.6 Examples of Summary
Measures Based on Statistical Approaches
Exhibit 3.1 Summary of Material
Hardship Studies
Exhibit 3.2 Questions Used to Construct
Food Insecurity Indicators
Exhibit 3.3 Questions Used to Construct
Housing Security Indicators
Exhibit 3.4 Questions Used to Construct
Medical Care and Health Insurance Indicators
Exhibit 3.5 Questions Used to Construct
Utility-related Hardship Indicators
Exhibit 3.6 Questions Used to Construct
Housing Quality Indicators
Exhibit 4.1 1996 SIPP Topical Modules
Exhibit 4.2 Material Hardship Measures
Included in Analysis
Exhibit 4.3 Availability of Basic
Needs and Food Security, by Income and Assets
Exhibit 4.4 Availability of Basic
Needs and Food Security, by Urban versus. Rural and Income
Exhibit 4.5 Availability of Basic
Needs and Food Security, by Household Composition and Income
Exhibit 4.6 Housing Safety and
Overcrowding, by Income and Assets
Exhibit 4.7 Housing Safety and
Overcrowding, by Urban versus Rural and Income
Exhibit 4.8 Housing Safety and
Overcrowding, by Household Composition and Income
Exhibit 4.9 Availability of Durable
Goods, by Income and Assets
Exhibit 4.10 Availability of Durable
Goods by Urban versus Rural and Income
Exhibit 4.11 Availability of Durable
Goods by Household Composition and Income
Exhibit 4.12 Joint Frequency of
Basic Needs and Food Security Measures
Exhibit 4.13 Joint Frequency of
Basic Needs and Food Security Measures for Households Under 100% FPL
Exhibit 4.14 Joint Frequency Selected
Durable Goods and Housing Safety Measures, by Basic Needs and Food Security
Exhibit 4.15 Joint Frequency of
Selected Durables and Housing Safety Measures, by Basic Needs and Food Security,
Households Under 100% FPL
Exhibit 4.16 Joint Frequency of
Housing Safety Issues and Overcrowding
Exhibit 4.17 Joint Frequency of
Housing Safety Issues and Overcrowding, Households Under 100% FPL
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