[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8440]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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: Current Population Survey--June 1998 Fertility and Birth 
Expectations Supplement.
    Form Number(s): The automated survey instrument has no form number.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0610.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Burden: 795 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 95 seconds (about one and one half 
minutes).
    Needs and Uses: The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a survey 
conducted in approximately 48,000 households monthly throughout the 
United States. Data on demographic and labor force characteristics are 
collected from a sample of households which represent the U.S. 
population. The Bureau of the Census uses the data to compile monthly 
averages of household size and composition, age, education, ethnicity, 
marital status and various other characteristics at the U.S. level. The 
Bureau of Labor Statistics also uses the data in its monthly 
calculations of employment and unemployment.
    The basic monthly questionnaire is periodically supplemented with 
additional questions which address specific needs. The Census Bureau is 
requesting clearance for the collection of data concerning the 
Fertility and Birth Expectations Supplement to be conducted in 
conjunction with the June 1998 CPS. The Census Bureau sponsors the 
supplement questions, which were previously collected in June 1992, and 
have been asked periodically since 1971. A supplement on Marital 
History and Fertility was collected in June 1995.
    This survey provides information used mainly by government and 
private analysts to project future population growth, to analyze child 
spacing, and to aid policy makers in their decisions affected by 
changes in family size and composition. Past studies have discovered 
noticeable changes in the patterns of fertility rates, family 
structures, premarital births, and the timing of the first birth. 
Potential needs for government assistance such as aid to families with 
dependent children, child care, and maternal health care for single 
parent households can be estimated using CPS characteristics matched 
with fertility data. The birth expectations data also assist 
researchers and analysts who explore issues such as postponement of 
childbirth because of education or employment responsibilities.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frquency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before April 30, 1998, to Nancy 
Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 25, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-8440 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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