[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 15747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7490]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: 1995 Census Test - Integrated Coverage Measurement (Dual 
System Estimation Follow-up Questionnaire).
    Form Number(s): DG-1301.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 525.
    Number of Respondents: 2,100.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Prompted by the need to improve estimation 
techniques during the decennial census, the Census Bureau has developed 
an Integrated Coverage Measurement (ICM) approach to be tested during 
the 1995 Census Test. The ICM approach will utilize a separately 
sampled group of blocks within the 1995 Census Test sites which will be 
independently listed and then interviewed. We will reconcile 
differences between the independent roster obtained during the ICM 
interviews and the census test results. This reconciliation will allow 
us to measure our coverage of persons in missed housing units and 
coverage of persons missed within housing units enumerated in the 
census test. Two techniques for estimating population coverage will be 
used in the 1995 Census Test -- Census Plus and Dual System Estimation 
(DSE). In DSE, a sample of persons counted in the ICM enumeration will 
be matched to regular census test results in the ICM sample blocks. 
Matching will be done internally. However, follow-up will be necessary 
in cases where the information we have is insufficient to determine a 
person's residence or match status.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 21, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-7490 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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