[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10973-10974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3024]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-0314]


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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Cycle 7 of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG-7)--OMB No. 
0920-0314--Reinstatement--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Background and Brief Description

    The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) has been conducted 
periodically since 1973 by the CDC's National Center for Health 
Statistics. The first five cycles were based on in-person interviews 
with national samples of women 15-44 years of age. Cycle 6, in 2002, 
was based on interviews with a national sample of 12,571 persons--4,928 
men and 7,643 women ages 15-44. Interviews provide national estimates 
of behavior related to birth and pregnancy rates; marriage, divorce, 
and adoption; behavior related to the risk of Human Immunodeficiency 
Virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted

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diseases; attitudes toward marriage, childbearing, and parenthood; and 
men's and women's roles in raising children.
    While the content of Cycle 7 will be similar to that of Cycle 6, 
the interviewing will be conducted over a 4.5-year period rather than 
all in one year, as in previous cycles. This continuous interviewing 
design is intended to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and contribute 
to continuous improvement in the collection, processing, and 
dissemination of the data. Sample size is expected to increase from 
12,571 in Cycle 6 to 17,400 total in the 4.5 years of data collection 
in Cycle 7. For this cycle, the ``Pretest'' will be conducted initially 
in the first 8 weeks of interviewing and, if no problems are found, 
those weeks will become part of the Main Study. If operational problems 
are found in that period, they will be corrected, and the ``Main 
Study'' will begin at that point. Emerging public policy issues may 
necessitate the addition of a few new questions. The burden table 
represents the survey collection averaged over the first three years of 
the survey.
    Users of the NSFG include the National Institutes of Health 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the Office of 
Population Affairs; NCHS/CDC; the Division of Reproductive Health, CDC; 
the Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, CDC; the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and the Administration for 
Children and Families.
    There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The 
total estimated annualized burden hours are 6,457

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                     Respondents/instruments                        respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Pretest Screener................................................             403               1            5/60
Males...........................................................             109               1            1.00
Females.........................................................             133               1            1.33
Main study screener.............................................           7,250               1            5/60
Males...........................................................           1,957               1            1.00
Females.........................................................           2,393               1            1.33
Verification....................................................             725               1            5/60
Test new questions..............................................           2,000               1           10/60
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    Dated: February 24, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-3024 Filed 3-2-06; 8:45 am]
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