[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31808-31809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11665]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-51]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
    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 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. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Measurement--
New--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered by many to be a 
serious problem that cuts across cultures, socioeconomic status and 
gender. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers 
IPV to be a ``substantial public health problem for Americans that has 
serious consequences and costs for individuals, families, communities 
and society.'' The past twenty years have witnessed an extraordinary 
growth in research on the prevalence, incidence, causes and effects of 
IPV. Various disciplines have contributed to the development of 
research on the subject including psychology, epidemiology, criminology 
and public health.
    Still, there is a lack of reliable information on the extent and 
prevalence of IPV. Estimates vary widely regarding the magnitude of the 
problem. This variance is due in large part to the different contexts, 
instruments, and methods that are used to measure IPV. Thus, the CDC is 
engaged in work to improve the quality of data, and hence knowledge, 
about violence against women. Part of this process includes identifying 
the strengths and limitations of different scales used to measure IPV 
and to determine the appropriateness of each of the scales for use with 
individuals of different racial/ethnic backgrounds.
    The purpose of this project is to administer and test the 
statistical properties of four scales, via telephone interviews, that 
measure both victimization from and perpetration of

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intimate partner violence (IPV). The scales will be administered to a 
random sample of women ages 18-50, from five racial/ethnic backgrounds: 
African-American, American Indian, Asian, Caucasian and Hispanic.
    The four scales are: The Sexual Experiences Survey (SES), the 
Conflict Tactics Scale 2 (CTS2), the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) and 
the Women's Experience with Battering (WEB) scale. The survey 
instrument will contain each of these scales and introductory and 
transitional text developed specifically for this study.
    The overall benefit of this project is to increase knowledge about 
the reliability and validity of these scales, which have been used in 
previous studies. Ultimately, this knowledge will assist the CDC in 
establishing an on-going data collection system for monitoring IPV. The 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) intends to 
contract with an agency to conduct the survey. There is no cost to 
respondents.

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                                                     Number of       Number of     Avg. burden/
    Survey IPV measurement           Type of       respondents/     responses/     responses in    Total burden
                                   respondent         survey        respondent         hours           hours
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African-American..............  Female..........             400               1           30/60             200
American Indian...............  Female..........             400               1           30/60             200
Asian.........................  Female..........             400               1           30/60             200
Caucasian.....................  Female..........             400               1           30/60             200
Hispanic......................  Female..........             400               1           30/60             200
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,000
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    Dated: May 1, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-11665 Filed 5-9-02; 8:45 am]
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