[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5269]


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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: Informal Caregivers Survey (ICS)--Component of the Long Term 
Care Survey (LTC).
    Form Number(s): LTC-1, LTC-2, LTC-3, LTC-4, LTC-7, LTC-10, BNL-1, 
LTC-9P(L1), LTC-9(1), LTC-9(L2), LTC-9(3).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0778.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 11,731 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 22,985.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau seeks OMB approval to conduct the 
Informal Caregivers Survey (ICS) as a component of the Long Term Care 
Survey (LTC) which is already approved by OMB. The LTC collects 
information on the health and functional status of the elderly 
population in the United States. The ICS will collect information from 
the persons who provide help to impaired LTC respondents concerning the 
type and amount of care given, the caregiver's functional and health 
status, whether the caregiver is paid, and the caregiver's relation to 
the impaired person. Results of the ICS will provide planners with 
information to determine how to meet the future health care needs of 
people 65 years old and over.
    The ICS is sponsored by the Center for Demographic Studies, Duke 
University, with funding from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, and the National Institute on Aging. The Census Bureau will 
conduct the ICS under contract with Duke University.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 42, USC, Section 285e-1, and Title 15, USC, 
Section 1525.
    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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5269 Filed 3-2-99; 8:45 am]
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