[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18164-18165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8993]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


National Survey of Volunteering and Giving Among Teens

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Madeleine Clayton, 
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
6608, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via 
the Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   
    Requests for additional information or copies of the information 
collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Ken 
Kaplan or Sue Montfort, U.S. Census Bureau, FOB 3, Room 3351, 
Washington, DC 20233-8400 at (301) 457-3836.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

I. Abstract

    This national survey will be the third in a series of surveys on 
volunteering and giving among teens in the United States. Independent 
Sector, a nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of more than 700 national 
organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs, began 
the series in 1992, with a second study conducted in 1996. The purpose 
of this survey, and the series itself, is to provide trend data on the 
volunteering and giving behavior of young people; to chart the impact 
of major institutions, such as schools and religious institutions on 
encouraging such behavior; to highlight teens' attitudes on a variety 
of issues relating to their volunteering behavior; and to explore 
behavioral and motivational factors that influence volunteering and 
giving.

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    The original survey questionnaire was developed by a national 
advisory group of scholars and practitioners and addressed the 
following issues:
    Who volunteers? Who gives? To whom? How much?
    When did teenagers begin to volunteer and give?
    What skills have teens learned from their community service?
    To what degree do schools encourage volunteering? Do they offer 
courses requiring community service or require community service for 
graduation?
    What are determinants of giving and volunteering behavior?
    What is the motivation for giving and volunteering to various types 
of charitable causes?
    What level of confidence do teenagers have in the institutions of 
our society?
    This survey is unique because it contains information about both 
teenagers who give or volunteer and those that do neither. The findings 
have been of interest to policymakers, the media, researchers, and 
school principals and teachers, as well as leaders of voluntary 
organizations.
    For the national sample, we will select a sample of households from 
expired Current Population Survey (CPS) rotations. If individual state 
samples are requested, we will utilize either the CPS or the decennial 
census to obtain a sample. We plan to pretest the questionnaire 
content. We will obtain parental consent prior to interviewing the 
teenage respondents.

II. Method of Collection

    The information will be collected by telephone-only interviews in 
one of the Census Bureau's telephone centers. The data methodology will 
utilize either paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI) or computer-
assisted telephone interviewing (CATI).

III. Data

    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: Not available.
    Form Number: There will be no form number if conducted by CATI. If 
conducted by PAPI, the form number will be VCT-1.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to respondents other 
than their time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or 
included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: April 9, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-8993 Filed 4-12-02; 8:45 am]
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