[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35416-35417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14911]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-03-76]


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

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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 Anne O'Connor, 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: 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). 
CDC intends to conduct a methodological study in the Spring of 2004 to 
assess the effects of setting and mode of survey administration on the 
reporting of health-risk behaviors among adolescents, 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 Survey on 
Drug Use and Health (NSDUH, formerly the National Household Survey on 
Drug Abuse, or 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 extent to 
which the prevalence of health-risk behaviors among students varies by 
whether the survey is administered in schools vs. students' homes 
(setting), and by whether the survey is administered using paper-and-
pencil questionnaire booklets vs. computer-assisted self-interviewing 
(mode). Approximately 5,376 high school students will be given 
questionnaires in one of the four setting/mode combinations. 
Elucidation of the impact of these factors on prevalence will assist in 
reducing response effects and improving the quality of the YRBS data. 
There are not costs to respondents.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                   Respondents                      respondents    responses per   response  (in     (in hrs.)
                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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High school students............................           5,376               1           45/60           4,032
School administrators...........................             104               1           45/60              78
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,110
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    Dated: June 9, 2003.
Thomas A. Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-14911 Filed 6-12-03; 8:45 am]
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