Including:
- Strategies for Achieving High Response Rates on Surveys
- Designing Surveys
- Designing Surveys that Examine Current TANF Caseload
- Cross State Comparability
Strategies for Achieving High Response Rates on Surveys
- Designing Surveys Acknowledging Nonresponse
(Paper by Robert M. Groves and Mick P. Couper) - Methods for Obtaining High Response Rates in Telephone Surveys
(David Cantor and Patricia Cunningham) - High Response Rates for Low-Income Population, In-Person Surveys
(Charlene Weiss and Barbara A. Bailar) - Paying Respondents for Survey Participation
- (Eleanor Singer and Richard A. Kulka)
- Tips and Tricks for Achieving High Response Rates in Surveys with Welfare Leavers
(Paper by Tammy Ouellette, ORC Macro)
Designing Surveys
- Linking Survey and Administrative Data Issues (in PDF format)
(Paper by Nandita Verma, MDRC) - Tracking Welfare Reform: Designing Follow-up Studies of Recipients Who Leave Welfare
(Report by Evelyn Ganzglass and Susan Golonka, National Governors' Association; Jack Tweedie, National Conference of State Legislatures; and Suzanne Fialk, American Public Human Services Association.) - Former Clients of South Carolina's New Welfare Program: Trends and Issues in Surveys to Date (in PDF format)
(Paper by Dr. Donald Klos, Public Services Research Laboratory) - Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues
(Report edited by Michele Ver Ploeg, Robert A. Moffitt, and Constance F. Citro, NAS)
The National Academy of Sciences convened a workshop on Data Collection on Low Income and Welfare Populations in December 1999. A number of papers were prepared for this workshop to assist state and local governments, universities, and research organizations who are conducting or interested in developing studies of low-income populations, including TANF leavers, applicants, and recipients. The topics of these papers include: strategies for achieving high response rates on surveys, designing surveys that examine welfare leavers/diverted applicants, and using incentives in surveys.
Designing Surveys that Examine Current TANF Caseload
- Survey Design for TANF Caseload Project
(Report by Martha Kovac, Robin Dion, Jason Markesich, and Donna Pavetti, MPR) - Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues
(Report edited by Michele Ver Ploeg, Robert A. Moffitt, and Constance F. Citro, NAS)
The National Academy of Sciences convened a workshop on Data Collection on Low Income and Welfare Populations in December 1999. A number of papers were prepared for this workshop to assist state and local governments, universities, and research organizations who are conducting or interested in developing studies of low-income populations, including TANF leavers, applicants, and recipients. The topics of these papers include: strategies for Achieving High Response Rates on Surveys, Designing Surveys that Examine Welfare Leavers/Diverted Applicants, and Using Incentives in Surveys.
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Cross State Comparability
Administrative Data Measures
- A Proposed Set of Commonly Reported Administrative Data Outcomes for Leavers Studies
Expanded report by the staff of HHS. - Matching and Cleaning Administrative Data
(NAS Report) - Access and Confidentiality Issues with Administrative Data
(NAS Report) - Measuring Employment and Income for Low-Income Populations with Administrative and Survey Data
(NAS Report) - Administrative Data on the Well-Being of Children On and Off Welfare
(NAS Report)
Comparing Leavers Survey Instruments
- Monitoring Outcomes for Former Welfare Recipients: A Review of 11 Survey Instruments
Report by Julia B. Isaacs, ASPE. - Employment Outcomes for Former Welfare Recipients: A Comparison of 11 Survey Instruments (In PDF format)
Report by ORC Macro. (Also available in WordPerfect format). - Calculating Total Income for Former Welfare Recipients: A Comparison of 11 Survey Instruments (In PDF format)
Report by ASPE. (Also available in WordPerfect format). - Child Outcomes in Leavers Studies: Exact Items from the Surveys Covering Child Outcomes (In PDF format)
Report by ORC Macro. (Also available in WordPerfect format). - Measuring Household and Family Composition Among Former Welfare Recipients: A Comparison of 11 Survey Instruments (In PDF format)
Report by ORC Macro. (Also available in WordPerfect format). - See also the "Survey Library" for copies of the questionnaires used.
Leavers Findings
- Final Synthesis Report of Findings from ASPE "Leavers" Grants
Report by Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest with Tracy Roberts, The Urban Institute, funded by ASPE. - Findings from ASPE-Funded Leavers Studies (Appendix B)
Report by ASPE. - Initial Synthesis Report of Findings from ASPE's "Leavers" Grants
Report by Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest, The Urban Institute, funded by ASPE. - Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes
Report by Elizabeth Lower-Basch, ASPE. - A Cross-State Examination of Families Leaving Welfare: Findings from the ASPE-Funded Leavers Studies
Report by Julia B. Isaacs and Matthew R. Lyon, ASPE. - Summary of Research on Welfare Outcomes Funded by ASPE
Report by ASPE.