[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10251-10252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4985]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-0314]


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:

    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 2009-2012 for the continuous NSFG. The major change in 
this revision is an increase in the burden hours. This is due to the 
fact that the 2006 clearance contained a small pretest and two years of 
the full survey. This submission contains three years of the full 
survey which causes an increase in burden. No questionnaire changes are 
requested through 2010; some limited changes may be requested after 
that, to be responsive to emerging public policy issues.
    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 program 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 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 Administrations 
for Children and Families; 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

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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.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 7,442.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                 Number of       Average burden
                 Respondents/instruments                       Number of      responses  per   per response  (in
                                                               responses        respondent           hours)
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Household Screener.......................................            14,000                 1             3/60
Female Interview.........................................             2,750                 1                1.5
Male Interview...........................................             2,250                 1                1
Female and Male Verification questionnaire...............             1,400                 1             5/60
Female and Male Testing questions........................               250                 1                1
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    Dated: February 27, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E9-4985 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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