[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 17139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: National Survey of Children's Health.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s):
    English survey forms include:
    NSCH-S1 (English Screener),
    NSCH-T1 (English Topical for 0- to 5-year-old children),
    NSCH-T2 (English Topical for 6- to 11-year-old children),
    NSCH-T3 (English Topical for 12- to 17-year-old children).
    Spanish survey forms include:
    NSCH-S-S1 (Spanish Screener),
    NSCH-S-T1 (Spanish Topical for 0- to 5-year-old children),
    NSCH-S-T2 (Spanish Topical for 6- to 11-year-old children), and
    NSCH-S-T3 (Spanish Topical for 12- to 17-year-old children).
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 190,406 for the Screener and 76,500 for the 
Topical.
    Average Hours Per Response: 0.083 for the screener and 0.5 for the 
topical.
    Burden Hours: 54,117.
    Needs and Uses: The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) 
enables the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce national and state-based 
estimates on the health and well-being of children, their families, and 
their communities as well as estimates of the prevalence and impact of 
children with special health care needs.
    Data will be collected using two modes. The first mode is an 
Internet survey that contains the screener and topical instruments. The 
Internet instrument first will take the respondent through the screener 
questions. If the household screens into the study, the respondent will 
be taken directly into one of the three age-based topical sets of 
questions. The second mode that is a mailout/mailback of a self-
administered paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI) screener instrument 
followed by a separate mailout/mailback of a PAPI age-based topical 
instrument.
    The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) is a large-scale 
(sample size is 364,153 addresses) national survey. The survey will 
consist of several experiments: (i) To assess amount of respondent cash 
incentives ($0, $2, or $5) needed to gain cooperation and participation 
in the survey, (ii) to test whether an alternative Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau branding improves response for the NSCH over the Census 
Bureau's standard branding and (iii) modification to data collection 
procedures based on the tract level internet response likelihood.
    Affected Public: Parents, researchers, policymakers, and family 
advocates.
    Frequency: This 2016 collection is the first administration of the 
new NSCH. There is a possibility that this will become an annual or 
biennial survey, with a new sample drawn for each administration.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Legal Authority: Census Authority: 13 U.S.C. Section 8(b), HRSA 
MCHB Authority: 42 U.S.C., Section 701(a)(2).

    Confidentiality: The data collected under this agreement are 
confidential under 13 U.S.C. Section 9. All access to Title 13 data 
from this survey is restricted to Census Bureau employees and those 
holding Census Bureau Special Sworn Status pursuant to 13 U.S.C. 
Section 23(c).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: March 23, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-06903 Filed 3-25-16; 8:45 am]
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