[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22198-22199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09191]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-15-0314]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)-(0920-0314, Expiration
04/30/2015--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on
``family formation, growth, and dissolution,'' as well as
``determinants of health'' and ``utilization of health care'' in the
United States. This three-year clearance request includes the data
collection in 2015-2018 for the continuous NSFG.
The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) was conducted
periodically between 1973 and 2002, and continuously since 2006, by the
National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Each year, about 15,000
households are screened, with about 5,000 participants interviewed
annually. Participation in the NSFG is completely voluntary and
confidential. Interviews average 60 minutes for males and 80 minutes
for females. The response rate since 2011 has been about 73 percent.
The NSFG program produces descriptive statistics which measure factors
associated with birth and pregnancy rates, including contraception,
infertility, marriage, divorce, and sexual activity, in the U.S.
population 15-49; and behaviors that affect the risk of sexually
transmitted diseases (STD), including HIV, and the medical care
associated with contraception, infertility, and pregnancy and
childbirth.
NSFG data users include the DHHS programs that fund it, including
CDC/NCHS and nine others (The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD); the Office of
Population Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Children's Bureau within the
Administration for Children and Families (DHHS/ACF/CB); the ACF's
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (DHHS/ACF/OPRE); the CDC's
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/DHAP); the CDC's Division of STD
Prevention (CDC/DSTDP); the CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and
Control (CDC/DCPC); the CDC's Division of Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities (CDC/DBDDD); and the CDC's Division of
Reproductive Health (CDC/DRH). The NSFG is also used by state and local
governments; private research and action organizations focused on men's
and women's health, child well-being, and marriage and the family;
academic researchers in the social and public health sciences;
journalists, and many others.
No questionnaire changes are requested in the first 6 months of
this clearance; limited changes including (1) the expansion of the age
range from 15-44 years of age to 15-49, (2) some revision of the female
and male questionnaires to incorporate new and modified items related
to contraceptive use, reproductive health, preventive service
screening/counseling, sexual orientation, health insurance, cigarette
smoking, cancer risk, military service
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and sheltered homelessness, and (3) the request to add or modify a
small number of questions in 2017 using a non-substantive change
request, to be responsive to emerging public policy issues. There is no
cost to respondents other than their time. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 7,318.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
responses respondent (in hrs)
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Individual............................ Screener Interview...... 15,000 1 3/60
Individual............................ Female Interview........ 2,750 1 90/60
Individual............................ Male Interview.......... 2,350 1 60/60
Individual............................ Screener Verification... 1,500 1 2/60
Individual............................ Main Verification....... 510 1 5/60
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-09191 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
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