[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7460-7461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4007]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[30DAY-30]


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 Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    The following requests have been submitted for review since the 
last publication date on February 11, 1997.

Proposed Project

    The Second Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA II)--(0920-0219)--
New--The Second Longitudinal Study of Aging is a second generation, 
longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of civilian, 
non-institutionalized persons 70 years of age and older. Participation 
is voluntary, and individually identified data are confidential. It 
will replicate portions of the first Longitudinal Study of Aging 
(LSOA), particularly the causes and consequences of changes in 
functional status. LSOA II is also designed to monitor the impact of 
changes in Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care on the health status of 
the elderly and their patterns of health care utilization. Both LSOAs 
are joint projects of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 
and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
    The Supplement on Aging (SOA), part of the 1984 National Health 
Interview Survey (NHIS), established a baseline on 7,527 persons who 
were then aged 70 and older. The first LSOA reinterviewed them in 1986, 
1988 and 1990. Data from the SOA and LSOA have been widely used for 
research and policy analysis relevant to the older population.
    Approximately 10,000 persons aged 70 and over were interviewed for 
the 1994 National Health Interview Survey's second Supplement on Aging 
(SOA II) between October of 1994 and March of 1996. LSOA II will 
reinterview the SOA II sample three times: In 1997, 1999, and 2001. As 
in the first LSOA, these reinterviews will be conducted using computer 
assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). Beyond that, LSOA II will use 
methodological and conceptual developments of the past decade.
    LSOA II will contain modules on scientifically important and 
policy-relevant domains, including: (1) Assistance with activities of 
daily living, (2) chronic conditions and impairments, (3) family 
structure, relationships, and living arrangements, (4) health opinions 
and behaviors, (5) use of health, personal care and social services, 
(6) use of assistive devices and technologies, (7) health insurance, 
(8) housing and long-term care, (9) social activity, (10) employment 
history, (11) transportation, and (12) cognition. This new data will 
result in publication of new national health statistics on the elderly 
and the release of public use micro data files. The total annual burden 
is 8,099.

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                                                                                   Number of       Avg. burden/ 
                         Respondents                              Number of        responses/      response (in 
                                                                 respondents       Respondent         hrs.)     
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Sample Adult.................................................          10,037                1             .806 
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    Dated: February 12, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-4007 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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