[Federal Register: March 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 45)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-09-0314]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 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 2009-2012 for the continuous NSFG. The major change in
this revision is an increase in the burden hours. This is due to the
fact that the 2006 clearance contained a small pretest and two years of
the full survey. This submission contains three years of the full
survey which causes an increase in burden. No questionnaire changes are
requested through 2010; some limited changes may be requested after
that, to be responsive to emerging public policy issues.
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 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 15-44; 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 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 Administrations
for Children and Families; 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
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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.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are 7,442.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Respondents/instruments Number of responses per per response (in
responses respondent hours)
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Household Screener....................................... 14,000 1 3/60
Female Interview......................................... 2,750 1 1.5
Male Interview........................................... 2,250 1 1
Female and Male Verification questionnaire............... 1,400 1 5/60
Female and Male Testing questions........................ 250 1 1
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Dated: February 27, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-4985 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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