[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55392-55393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22790]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-11-0314]


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 Daniel Holcomb, 
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 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 through 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)--
Extension--Expiration 5/31/2012--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 2012-2014 for the continuous NSFG.
    The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) was conducted 
periodically between 1973 and 2002, continuously in 2006-2010, and 
continuously starting in Fall 2011, 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 77 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 US population 15-44 years; 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 ten 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 ACF's Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; the 
CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/DHAP); the CDC's Division of 
STD Prevention (CDC/DSTD); the CDC's Division of Reproductive Health 
(CDC/DRH); the CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (CDC/
DCPC); and the CDC's Division of Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities (DBDDD). 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, 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; 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   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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1. Screener Respondents.........................          14,000               1            3/60             700
2. Interview Females............................           2,750               1             1.5           4,125
3. Interview Males..............................           2,250               1             1.0           2,250
4. Verification Questions.......................           1,400               1            5/60             117
5. Testing questions............................             250               1               1             250
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           7,442
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    Dated: August 31, 2011.
Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-22790 Filed 9-6-11; 8:45 am]
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