[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26066-26068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11705]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2020 Census 
Post-Enumeration Survey Person Interview and Person Followup

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on 
or before August 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the internet 
at [email protected]). You may also submit comments, identified by Docket 
number USBC-2019-0003, to the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. All comments received are part of the public 
record. No comments will be posted to http://www.regulations.gov for 
public viewing until after the comment period has closed. Comments will 
generally be posted without change. All Personally Identifiable 
Information (for example, name and address) voluntarily submitted by 
the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential 
Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. 
You may submit attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft Word, 
Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Robin A. Pennington, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 
Silver Hill Road, Room 2H465, Washington, DC 20233, 301-763-8132 (or 
via the internet at [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    As in previous censuses, the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) for the 
2020 Census will be conducted to provide estimates of census net 
coverage and components of census coverage for housing units and people 
living in housing units (see ``Definition of Terms'' paragraph below) 
for the United States and Puerto Rico, excluding remote Alaska. Group 
quarters (such as college/university student housing and correctional 
facilities) are out of scope, because populations can change 
significantly between census enumeration and PES enumeration 
operations. Remote Alaska is out of scope for the PES, because the 
person and housing unit populations can change significantly between 
census enumeration and PES enumeration operations. This makes it 
difficult to follow up on these populations after the census. For this 
reason, the Census Bureau's past post-enumeration surveys have never 
included remote Alaska. These coverage estimates provide insight into 
the quality and coverage of census results and operations.
    As in the 2010 Census Coverage Measurement program, the 2020 PES 
operations and activities must be conducted separate from, and 
independent of, the other 2020 Census operations. The 2020 PES will use 
the dual-system estimation procedure, which depends on two independent 
systems of measurement. The independence between the PES and census 
operations is a fundamental necessity for dual-system estimation. The 
PES will comprise two independent enumerations of housing units and the 
household population within the same sample areas. These two 
enumerations are called the enumeration sample (E sample) and the 
population sample (P sample). The primary sampling unit is the Basic 
Collection Unit (BCU), which is the smallest unit of collection 
geography for 2020 Census operations. The E sample contains the list of 
housing units and people enumerated in the 2020 Census within a sample 
of BCUs. The P sample contains housing units and people in the same 
sample BCUs, but obtained independently from the census. The 
independent roster of housing units is obtained during the PES 
Independent Listing, while the independent roster of people is obtained 
during the PES Person Interview. The P sample housing units and people 
will be matched to all census housing units in

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the sample BCUs and surrounding BCUs.
    After the PES Independent Listing and matching operations have 
taken place, some cases with discrepancies between the PES Independent 
Listing and the 2020 Census will be identified to receive the PES 
Initial Housing Unit Followup interview. The results of this interview 
will again be matched to the list of census housing units. The results 
of the housing unit matching operations will be used to determine which 
PES and census addresses will be eligible to go to the PES Person 
Interview operation. After data collected from the PES Person Interview 
operation are matched to data collected by the census, some cases with 
discrepancies between the PES Person Interview and census will be sent 
for another interview called the PES Person Followup operation. 
Separate Federal Register Notices have already been issued for the PES 
Independent Listing operation (Federal Register Notice Vol. 83 FR 
53849, pages 53849-53850) and PES Housing Unit Followup operations 
(Federal Register Notice Vol. 84 FR Doc No.: 2019-07611, pages 16000-
16002).
    For each sample BCU, the Census Bureau will conduct PES Person 
Interviews for selected housing units. During the PES Person Interview 
operation, interviewers will use a computer-assisted data collection 
instrument on a laptop to obtain information about the current 
residents of the sample housing unit, including those who may have 
moved into the selected housing unit since Census Day, April 1, 2020. 
The interviewer will also attempt to collect data on certain people who 
moved out of the sample housing unit between Census Day and the PES 
Person Interview operation. The Census Bureau will include nonmatched 
2020 Census addresses in the PES Person Interview so that their 2020 
Census enumeration status can be ascertained earlier than if they were 
included in the Person Followup operation that is conducted later in 
the PES processing.
    The PES Person Interview operation will collect the information 
listed below only for people in housing units. The computer-assisted 
PES Person Interview instrument will collect the following information 
for the housing units included in this operation:
    1. Roster of people living at the housing unit at the time of the 
PES Person Interview operation.
    2. Census Day address information for people who moved into the 
sample address since Census Day.
    3. Other addresses where a person may have been counted on Census 
Day.
    4. Information to determine where each person should be counted on 
Census Day (according to Census residence criteria). For example, 
interviewers will probe for people who might have been left off the 
household roster, ask additional questions about people who moved from 
another address on Census Day to the sample address, and collect 
additional information for people with multiple addresses.
    5. Demographic information for each person in the household on 
Interview Day or Census Day. These data are name, date of birth, age, 
Hispanic origin, race, and relationship to householder.
    6. Name and above information for any person who has moved out of 
the sample address since Census Day (if known).
    The PES Person Interview Reinterview is a quality control operation 
that will be conducted on about 15 percent of the PES Person Interview 
cases. The purpose of the PES Person Interview Reinterview is to 
confirm that the PES Person Interview interviewer conducted a PES 
Person Interview with a household member or a proxy respondent and to 
conduct the complete PES Person Interview as needed if the original 
interview seems questionable.
    For each case identified during matching with discrepancies between 
the PES Person Interview and census, the Census Bureau will conduct a 
PES Person Followup for selected people in the household. During the 
PES Person Followup operation, interviewers will use paper 
questionnaires to obtain information about the selected people. The PES 
Person Followup operation will collect the information needed to 
determine where each selected person should be counted on Census Day 
(according to 2020 Census residence rules). For example, interviewers 
will probe for additional addresses where the person may have stayed 
during the year and dates of stay for each address.
    The PES Person Followup Reinterview is a quality control operation 
that will be conducted on about 15 percent of the PES Person Followup 
cases. The purpose of the PES Person Followup Reinterview is to confirm 
that the PES Person Followup interviewer conducted a PES Person 
Followup interview with a household member or a proxy respondent and to 
conduct the complete PES Person Followup interview as needed if the 
original interview seems questionable.

II. Method of Collection

    The PES Person Interview and Reinterview operations will be 
conducted using a computer-assisted data collection instrument on a 
laptop. The PES Person Followup and Person Followup Reinterview 
operations will be conducted using a paper questionnaire. The PES 
Person Interview and Person Followup operations will be conducted 
through personal visit interviews while PES Person Interview 
Reinterview and Person Followup Reinterview will be conducted through 
personal visit and telephone interviews. The PES Person Interview and 
Reinterview operations will occur June 2020 through September 2020. The 
PES Person Followup and Person Followup Reinterview operations will 
occur February 2021 through March 2021.
    A sample of approximately 190,000 housing units will be selected 
for the PES Person Interview operation, and 65,000 housing units will 
be selected for the PES Person Followup operation. The PES Person 
Interview Reinterview operation will contain 28,500 housing units, and 
the PES Person Followup Reinterview operation will contain 9,750 
housing units.

Definition of Terms

    Components of Census Coverage--The components of census coverage 
are correct enumerations, erroneous enumerations, whole-person 
imputations, and omissions. Correct enumerations are people or housing 
units that were correctly enumerated in the census. Erroneous 
enumerations are people or housing units that were enumerated in the 
census but should not have been enumerated. Examples of erroneous 
enumerations are duplicates, nonexistent housing units or people, and 
people or housing units that were enumerated in the wrong place. 
Omissions are people and housing units that were not enumerated in the 
census but should have been enumerated. Lastly, whole-person 
imputations are census records for which all of the demographic 
characteristics were imputed. Many of these imputations represent 
people in housing units with a known household count, but the Census 
Bureau did not obtain information about the people residing at the 
housing unit.
    Net Coverage--Reflects the difference between the true population 
(which is estimated by the Post-Enumeration Survey) and the census 
count. If the census count was less than the actual number of people or 
housing units in the population, then there was an undercount. If the 
census count was more than the actual number of people or housing units 
in the population, then there was an overcount.

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    For more information about the Post-Enumeration Survey, please 
visit the following page of the Census Bureau's website: https://www.census.gov/coverage_measurement/post-enumeration_surveys/.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Numbers: D-1301, D-1301(PR), D-1301.2, D-1301.2 (PR).
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

                                                   2020 Census
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                                                                              Estimated time
                       Operation                          Estimated number   per response (in     Total burden
                                                          of housing units       minutes)            hours
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PES Person Interview...................................            190,000                 15             47,500
PES Person Interview Reinterview.......................             28,500                 15              7,125
PES Person Followup....................................             65,000                 15             16,250
PES Person Followup Reinterview........................              9,750                 15              2,438
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    Total..............................................            293,250  .................             73,313
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 73,313 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S. Code, Sections 141 and 193.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-11705 Filed 6-4-19; 8:45 am]
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