[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22198-22199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09191]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-15-0314]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 
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; (b) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) 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; and 
(e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be 
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 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 
04/30/2015--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 2015-2018 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 15,000 
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 2011 has been about 73 percent. 
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 15-49; 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 
of Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD); the Office of 
Population Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Children's Bureau within the 
Administration for Children and Families (DHHS/ACF/CB); the ACF's 
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (DHHS/ACF/OPRE); the CDC's 
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/DHAP); the CDC's Division of STD 
Prevention (CDC/DSTDP); the CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and 
Control (CDC/DCPC); the CDC's Division of Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities (CDC/DBDDD); 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.
    No questionnaire changes are requested in the first 6 months of 
this clearance; limited changes including (1) the expansion of the age 
range from 15-44 years of age to 15-49, (2) some revision of the female 
and male questionnaires to incorporate new and modified items related 
to contraceptive use, reproductive health, preventive service 
screening/counseling, sexual orientation, health insurance, cigarette 
smoking, cancer risk, military service

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and sheltered homelessness, and (3) the request to add or modify a 
small number of questions in 2017 using a non-substantive change 
request, 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 7,318.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                     responses      respondent       (in hrs)
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Individual............................  Screener Interview......          15,000               1            3/60
Individual............................  Female Interview........           2,750               1           90/60
Individual............................  Male Interview..........           2,350               1           60/60
Individual............................  Screener Verification...           1,500               1            2/60
Individual............................  Main Verification.......             510               1            5/60
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-09191 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
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