[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61000-61001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27743]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-0314; Docket No. CDC-2017-0099]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled The National Survey of Family 
Growth (NSFG), designed to provide nationally representative, 
scientifically credible data on factors related to birth and pregnancy 
rates, family formation and dissolution patterns, and reproductive 
health.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 26, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0099 by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: Submit all Comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed 
above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information,

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including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)--(OMB Control Number 
0920-0314, Expires 05/31/2018)--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 clearance request includes the data collection in 
2018-2019 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 September 2011, 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 voluntary and confidential. Interviews 
average 60 minutes for males and 80 minutes for females. The response 
rate since 2011 has ranged from 69 percent to 77 percent, and the 
cumulative response rate for the entire fieldwork period so far 
(September 2011 through the most current quarter which ended in May 
2017) is 69 percent.
    The NSFG program produces descriptive statistics, which document 
factors associated with birth and pregnancy rates. Also, including 
contraception, infertility, marriage, divorce, and sexual activity, in 
the US household population 15-49 years (15-44 years in survey periods 
before 2015); 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.
    The following DHHS programs fund NSFG data users: CDC/NCHS and 
eleven others;(The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child 
Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD); the Office of Population 
Affairs (DHHS/OPA); 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 Adolescent and School Health (CDC/
DASH) the CDC's Division of Reproductive Health (CDC/DRH); the CDC's 
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (CDC/DCPC); the CDC's 
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (CDC/DNPAO); and 
the CDC's Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities 
(CDC/DBDDD). The NSFG is also used by state and local governments 
(primarily for benchmarking to national data); 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.
    This submission requests approval to continue NSFG fieldwork for 
three years. While there is no questionnaire revisions requested, the 
two methodological studies are proposed. The total estimated annualized 
time burden to respondents is 6,759 hours. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Household Member..............  Screener                  15,000               1            3/60             750
                                 Interview.
Household Female 15-49 years    Female Interview           2,750               1           80/60           3,667
 of age.
Household Male 15-49 years of   Male Interview..           2,250               1             1.0           2,250
 age.
Household Member..............  Screener                   1,500               1            2/60              50
                                 Verification.
Household individual 15-49      Main                         500               1            5/60              42
 years of age.                   Verification.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,759
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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. 2017-27743 Filed 12-22-17; 8:45 am]
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