[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17064-17065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7026]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-12-0314]


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 of 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35. To request a copy of these requests, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or 
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)--(0920-0314, Expiration 
05/31/2012)--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 2012-2015 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 77 percent. This 
submission requests approval for three years.
    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; 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 nine 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 (OPRE); 
the CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/DHAP); the CDC's 
Division of STD Prevention (CDC/DSTD); the CDC's Division of Cancer 
Prevention and Control (CDC/DCPC); and the CDC's Division of Birth 
Defects and Developmental Disabilities. The NSFG is also used by state 
and local governments; private research and action organizations 
focused on men's

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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.
    No questionnaire changes are requested in the first 15 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. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 7,192.

                                   Table 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                  Average burden
                     Respondents/Instrument                         Number of     Responses per    per response
                                                                    responses      respondent       (in hours)
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Screener.......................................................          14,000               1           3/60
Female Interview...............................................           2,750               1              1.5
Male Interview.................................................           2,250               1              1
Verification...................................................           1,400               1           5/60
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    Dated: March 19, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-7026 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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