[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66326-66327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27699]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Well-Being Supplement to the American Time Use 
Survey

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
titled, ``Well-being Supplement to the American Time Use Survey,'' to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for 
use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 25, 2011.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the 
RegInfo.gov Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the 
day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth 
by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
sending an e-mail to [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-6929/Fax: 202-395-6881 
(these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks approval for a new 
information collection. The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is the 
first national Federally administered continuous survey on time use in 
the United States. The ATUS measures, for example, time spent with 
children, working, sleeping, or doing leisure activities. The Well-
being Module questions, if approved, would be asked immediately after 
the ATUS and would follow up on some of the information ATUS 
respondents provide in their time diary. The Well-being Module would 
collect information about how people experience their time, 
specifically how happy, tired, sad, stressed, and in pain they felt the 
day before the interview. Respondents would be asked these questions 
about three randomly selected activities from the activities reported 
in the ATUS time diary. The time diary refers to the core part of the 
ATUS, in which respondents report the activities they did from 4 a.m. 
on the day before the interview to 4 a.m. on the day of the interview. 
A few activities, such as sleeping and private

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activities, will never be selected. The module also would collect data 
on whether people were interacting with anyone while doing the selected 
activities and how meaningful the activities were to them. Some general 
health questions, a question about overall life satisfaction, and a 
question about respondents' overall emotional experience the day before 
also would be asked. The proposed Well-being Module is nearly identical 
to a module that was collected in 2010 under the ATUS, approved under 
OMB Number (1220-0175).
    Data from the proposed Wellbeing Module will support the BLS 
mission of providing relevant information on economic and social 
issues. The data also will closely support the mission of the module 
sponsor, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National 
Institutes of Health, to improve the health and well-being of older 
Americans.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the 
collection of information does not display a valid OMB Control Number. 
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. For additional information, see the 
related notice published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2011 (76 
FR 41302).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should reference OMB ICR Reference Number 
201108-1220-001. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
    Title of Collection: Well-being Supplement to the American Time Use 
Survey.
    OMB ICR Reference Number: 201108-1220-001.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,800.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 12,800.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1067.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Dated: October 20, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-27699 Filed 10-25-11; 8:45 am]
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