[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 201 (Thursday, October 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61425-61426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24561]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-0314]


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 project or to obtain a copy 
of data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on 404-639-5960 or send comments to CDC Assistant 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 
30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
    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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)-(0920-0314)--Revision--
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on 
``family formation, growth, and dissolution,'' as well as 
``determinants of health'' and ``utilization of health care'' in the 
United States. This three-year clearance request includes the data 
collection in 2010-2012 for the continuous NSFG.
    The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) was conducted 
periodically between 1973 and 2002, and continuously since 2006, by the 
National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Each year, about 14,000 
households are screened, with about 5,000 participants interviewed 
annually. Participation in the NSFG is completely voluntary and 
confidential. Interviews average 60 minutes for males and 80 minutes 
for females. The response rate since 2006 is about 75 percent for both 
males and females.
    The NSFG programs produces descriptive statistics which measure 
factors associated with birth and pregnancy rates, including 
contraception, infertility, marriage, divorce, and sexual activity, in 
the U.S. population 15-44; and on behaviors that affect the risk of 
sexually transmitted diseases (STD), including HIV, and the medical 
care associated with contraception, infertility, and pregnancy and 
childbirth.
    NSFG data users include the DHHS programs that fund it, including 
CDC/NCHS and seven others (The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 
Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD); the 
Office of Population Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (DHHS/OASPE); the Children's 
Bureau (DHHS/ACF/CB); the CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/
DHAP); the CDC's Division of STD Prevention (CDC/DSTD); and the CDC's 
Division of Reproductive Health (CDC/DRH). The NSFG is also used by 
state and local governments; private research and action organizations 
focused on men's and women's health, child well-being, and marriage and 
the family; academic researchers in the social and public health 
sciences; journalists, and many others.
    This submission requests approval for three years. No questionnaire 
changes are requested in the first 18 months of this clearance (July 
2009-December 2010); some limited changes may be requested after that, 
to be responsive to emerging public policy issues.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                Number of      Average burden
           Type of respondent                 Number of       responses per   per response (in    Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent          hours)             hours
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1. Screener Respondents.................            14,000                 1              3/60               700
2. Interview respondents................             5,000                 1               1.2             6,000
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    Total...............................  ................  ................  ................             6,700
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    Dated: October 3, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-24561 Filed 10-15-08; 8:45 am]
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