[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 59022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29337]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-04-02]


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) 639-7090. 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.

Proposed Project

    Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Methodological Study--New--
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC). The 
purpose of this request is to obtain OMB clearance to conduct a 
methodological study in the Spring of 2002 to assess the contributions 
of question wording, questionnaire context, and appeals for honesty on 
prevalence and, thereby, to provide methodological guidance for future 
surveys, especially surveys of adolescents. In 2000, the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) commissioned 
five expert papers written on the topic ``Examining Substance Abuse 
Data Collection Methodologies.'' The papers focused on the YRBS, the 
National Household Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA), and Monitoring the 
Future (MTF). A consensus among the authors was that disparate results 
across the studies are most likely a product of methodological 
differences across the surveys. This YRBS Methodological Study is 
designed to measure the effect of several critical aspects of the data 
collection protocol: (1) Question wording, (2) questionnaire context, 
(3) appeals for honesty, and (4) students' perception of their honesty 
and accuracy. Approximately 100 students in 40 high schools will be 
given one of four questionnaires. Elucidation of the impact of these 
factors on prevalence will assist in reducing response effects and 
improving the quality of the YRBS data. The total annualized burden for 
this data collection is 3,040 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of      Burden per
                           Respondents                               Number of     responses per   response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondents        hrs.)
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High school student.............................................           4,000               1           45/60
School administrators...........................................              80               1           30/60
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    Dated: November 16, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-29337 Filed 11-23-01; 8:45 am]
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