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B-164031(3) 1 (1972-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagnr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL & !aE5NITEDRSTATES 0 WASINGTON, D.C. 248 MAR 1 'I 1972 LM096635 I Dear Mr. Blackburn: Your letter of December 1, 1971, reqs that weverify the statements in a pamphletentijted Wefae Myths vs. Facts' published by the Social and Rehabilitation Service of the De- partment of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Most of the data in the pamphlet were taken from an HEW report' on selected demographic and program characteristics of persons receiving assistance under the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) program in May 1969. The data for the report were derived from a survey of recipients in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.2 Findings from the survey were projected statisti- cally to represent all recipients of money payments during May 1969. We examined the statistical reports which HEW used to develop the pamphlet; however, we did not attempt to analyze the underlying sampling and reporting methodology prescribed by HEW--and used by the States and jurisdictions--in gather- ing the data used to compile the statistical reports. Generally HEW's statements were consistent with, and rep- resented a valid picture of, the characteristics of welfare recipients on the basis of data in the reports. Nevertheless we believe that certain data and terminology as presented in the pamphlet might tend to convey an incorrect impression to a reader not well-versed in welfare matters. 1Findings of the 1969 AFDC Study: Data by Census Division an4 Selected States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Social and Rehabilitation Service, National Center for Social Statistics, Report AFDC-3(69), December 1970. 2The data were derived from a 1-percent sample in all the States and jurisdictions, with the exception of California and New York, which submitted samples of about one half of 1 percent, and the Virgin Islands, which included all of its 400 families in the study. 7-D ,JBEST DOCUIVENT A.VAILABLE

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