[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 213 (Monday, November 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62483-62484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21295]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.

Project: 2008-2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: 
Methodological Field Tests--NEW

    The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly the 
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), is a survey of the 
civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12 
years old and older. The data are used to determine the prevalence of 
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use 
of prescription drugs. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal 
government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to 
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate 
resources.
    This will be a request for generic approval for information 
collection for NSDUH methodological field tests designed to examine the 
feasibility, quality, and efficiency of new procedures of revisions to 
the existing survey protocol. These field tests will examine ways to 
increase data quality, lower operating costs, and gain a better 
understanding of various sources of nonsampling error. If these tests 
provide successful results, current procedures may be revised and 
incorporated into the main study (e.g., questionnaire changes). 
Particular attention will be given to minimizing the impact of design 
changes so that survey data continue to remain comparable over time.
    Field test activities are expected to include improving response 
rates among persons residing in controlled access communities (locked 
apartment buildings, gated communities, college dormitories, etc.), and 
conducting a nonresponse follow-up study. Cognitive laboratory testing 
will be conducted prior to the implementation of significant 
questionnaire modifications. These questionnaire modifications will 
also be pre-tested and the feasibility of text-to-speech software 
determined. To understand the effectiveness of current monetary 
incentive, a new incentive study will be conducted with varying 
incentive amounts. The relationship between incentives and veracity of 
reporting will also be examined. Tests will also be designed to 
determine the feasibility of alternative sample designs and modes of 
data collection. Lastly, a customer satisfaction survey of NSDUH data 
users will be conducted to improve the utility of the NSDUH data. Some 
of the above studies may be combined to introduce survey efficiencies.
    The average annual burden associated with these activities over a 
three-year period is summarized below:

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                              Estimated Burden for NSDUH Methodological Field Tests
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                                                     Number of     Responses per  Average burden   Total burden
                    Activity                        respondents     respondent     per response       (hrs.)
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a. Improving participation among controlled                  417               1         1.0 hr.             417
 access and other hard-to-reach populations.....
b. Nonresponse follow-up........................            2000               1         1.0 hr.            2000
c. Incentive/validity study.....................            2000               1         1.0 hr.            2000
d. NSDUH questionnaire validity studies.........            2500               1         1.0 hr.            2500
e. Cognitive laboratory testing.................              90               1         1.0 hr.              90
f. Annual questionnaire pre-test................             670               1         1.0 hr.             670
g. Field testing alternative questions, data                1000               1         1.0 hr.            1000
 collection protocol, contact materials.........
h. Text-to-speech software for voices in                     100               1         1.0 hr.             100
 computer-assisted interviewing.................
i. Testing alternative sample designs (including            5000               1         1.5 hr.            7500
 alternative sampling frames)...................
j. Alternative modes of data collection (e.g., T-            100               1         1.0 hr.             100
 ACASI for Nonresponse follow-up)...............
k. Customer satisfaction survey of NSDUH data                100               1         .25 hr.              25
 users..........................................
Household screening for a-d, f-g, i-j...........          12,471               1       0.083 hr.           1,769
Screening Verification for a-d, f-g, i-j........             997               1       0.067 hr.              43
Interview Verification for a-d, f-g, i-j........           1,497               1       0.067 hr.              78
    Total.......................................          28,942               -               -          18,292
Annual Average (Total divided by 3 years).......           9,647               -               -           6,097
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by December 5, 2007 to: SAMHSA 
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail 
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to 
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submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.

    Dated: October 23, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-21295 Filed 11-2-07; 8:45 am]
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