[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27980-27981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11250]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Project: 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Dress
Rehearsal (OMB No. 0930-0334)--Revision
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a survey of
the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12
years old and older. The data are used to determine the prevalence of
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use
of prescription drugs. The results are used
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by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal government agencies, and other organizations
and researchers to establish policy, direct program activities, and
better allocate resources.
In order to continue producing current data, SAMHSA's Center for
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) must update the NSDUH
periodically to reflect changing substance abuse and mental health
issues. CBHSQ is in the process of redesigning the NSDUH for the 2015
survey year. The goals of the overall redesign are to: (1) Revise the
questionnaire to address changing policy and research data needs, and
(2) modify the survey methodology to improve the quality of estimates
and the efficiency of data collection and processing. To achieve these
goals, a Questionnaire Field Test (QFT) was conducted in late 2012 to
test revisions to the questionnaire, study materials, and procedures. A
Dress Rehearsal (DR) is planned for September and October 2013 to
further refine and test changes implemented in the QFT as well as test
all additional changes that have been identified for the 2015 redesign.
These additional changes include an assessment of a new lightweight
laptop used to administer the questionnaire, the addition of a Spanish
language interview that was not included in the QFT to control costs,
and additional select changes to the NSDUH questionnaire. The vast
majority of differences in questionnaire content between the QFT and
the proposed DR are minor. Changes include: (a) The addition of two
sexual orientation questions to be asked of adults; (b) routine updates
to routing and logic; (c) minimal changes to question wording
throughout the instrument to clarify intent; and (d) the deletion of a
question in the Back-end Demographics module about the number of
employees who work at the respondent's business.
The DR will consist of 2,000 English and Spanish-speaking
respondents in the continental United States. The sample size of the
survey will be large enough to detect differences in key estimates
between data collected using the annual NSDUH compared to the
redesigned procedures. The total annual burden estimate is shown below:
Estimated Burden for 2013 NSDUH Dress Rehearsal
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden Hourly wage Annualized
Instrument respondents respondent response hours rate costs
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Household Screening.................................... 3,673 1 0.083 305 $14.54 $4,435
Interview.............................................. 2,000 1 1.000 2,000 14.54 29,080
Screening Verification................................. 100 1 0.067 6.7 14.54 97
Interview Verification................................. 300 1 0.067 20 14.54 291
Total.............................................. 3,673 ............... .............. .............. 2,332 33,903
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by June 12, 2013 to the SAMHSA
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged
to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to:
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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