[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11333-11334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04009]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 Census Bureau


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.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: National Survey of Children's Health.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0990.
    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: 54,774 for the production screener only and 
39,596 for the combined production screener and topical.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.083 hours for the production screener 
only which covers households without children and those households that 
do not complete a topical questionnaire. For those households that do 
have an eligible child and complete both the production screener (0.083 
hours) and topical (0.55 hours) questionnaire, their average totals 
0.633 hours per response.

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    Burden Hours: 29,642.
    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) along with supplemental sponsoring 
agencies, states, and other data users 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 one of two modes. The first mode is a 
web instrument (Centurion) survey that contains the screener and 
topical instruments. The web 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 is a mailout/mail-back 
of a self-administered paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI) screener 
instrument followed by a separate mailout/mail-back of a PAPI age-based 
topical instrument.
    The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) is a large-scale 
(sample size is 240,000 addresses) national survey with approximately 
217,000 addresses included in the base production survey and 
approximately 23,000 addresses included as part of four separate state 
oversamples. The survey will consist of three additional mail package 
experiments. The first test will compare the traditional mail package 
materials (70% of the sample) against a newly redesigned suite of 
materials (30% of the sample) that were informed by two rounds of 
cognitive testing. This redesigned suite of materials is aimed at 
providing sampled addresses with a cohesive set of items within each 
survey invitation package. The proposed materials include key facts 
pertaining to survey data usage, relatable images for the target 
population, and colors that match the associated paper questionnaires. 
The second test will determine if envelope size has any impact on 
response rates. This test will be conducted during the first 
nonresponse follow-up mailing for the ``Low Paper'' treatment group and 
will compare a flat envelope (9'' x 11.5'') with an unfolded letter 
against a business standard size envelope (9.5'' x 4.125'') with a 
folded letter. The third test will evaluate the use of a USPS priority 
mail envelope in 50% of the initial topical mailings. Each test is 
aimed at evaluating strategies that could potentially increase 
response. In general, higher response can reduce follow-up costs and 
nonresponse bias.
    As in prior cycles of the NSCH, there remain two key, non-
experimental design elements. The first additional non-experimental 
design element is either a $2 or $5 screener cash incentive mailed to 
90% (30% receiving $2 and 60% receiving $5) of sampled addresses; the 
remaining 10% (the control) will receive no incentive to monitor the 
effectiveness of the cash incentive. This incentive is designed to 
increase response and reduce nonresponse bias. The incentive amounts 
were chosen based on the results of the 2019 NSCH as well as funding 
availability. The second additional non-experimental design element is 
a data collection procedure based on the block group-level paper-only 
response probability used to identify households (30% of the sample) 
that would be more likely to respond by paper and send them a paper 
questionnaire from the initial mailing.
    Affected Public: Parents, researchers, policymakers, and family 
advocates.
    Frequency: The 2020 collection is the fifth administration of the 
NSCH. It is an annual 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: Title 42 U.S.C. Section 701(a)(2).
    USDA Authority: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public 
Law 111-296. In particular, 42 U.S.C. 1769d(a) authorizes USDA to 
conduct research on the causes and consequences of childhood hunger 
included in 1769d(a)(4)(B), the geographic dispersion of childhood 
hunger and food insecurity.
    CDC/NCBDDD Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 301, 42 
U.S.C. 241.
    Confidentiality: The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to 
protect your information. The Census Bureau is not permitted to 
publicly release your responses in a way that could identify you or 
your household. Federal law protects your privacy and keeps your 
answers confidential (Title 13, United States Code, Section 9). Per the 
Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected 
from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit 
your data.
    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.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-04009 Filed 2-26-20; 8:45 am]
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