[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 201 (Thursday, October 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61425-61426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24561]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-09-0314]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on 404-639-5960 or send comments to CDC Assistant
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)-(0920-0314)--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 2010-2012 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 14,000
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 2006 is about 75 percent for both
males and females.
The NSFG programs 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 15-44; and on 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 seven others (The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD); the
Office of Population Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (DHHS/OASPE); the Children's
Bureau (DHHS/ACF/CB); the CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/
DHAP); the CDC's Division of STD Prevention (CDC/DSTD); 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.
This submission requests approval for three years. No questionnaire
changes are requested in the first 18 months of this clearance (July
2009-December 2010); some limited changes may be requested after that,
to be responsive to emerging public policy issues.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Number of responses per per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) hours
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1. Screener Respondents................. 14,000 1 3/60 700
2. Interview respondents................ 5,000 1 1.2 6,000
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Total............................... ................ ................ ................ 6,700
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Dated: October 3, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-24561 Filed 10-15-08; 8:45 am]
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