[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 110 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30937-30938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12210]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-0314; Docket No. CDC-2021-0056]


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 August 9, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0056 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7118; 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;

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    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)--(OMB Control No. 0920-
0314, Exp. 06/30/2021)--Reinstatement--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 
2022-2024 for the continuous National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG).
    The NSFG was conducted periodically between 1973 and 2002, 
continuously in 2006-2010, and after a break of 15 months, continuously 
in 2011-2019, by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS/CDC). 
Each year, about 13,500 households will be screened, with about 5,000 
participants interviewed annually. Participation in the NSFG is 
completely voluntary and confidential. Interviews are expected to 
average 50 minutes for males and 75 minutes for females. The response 
rate during the 2011-2019 data collection period ranged from 64.5% to 
74.0%, and the cumulative response rate for this eight-year fieldwork 
period was 67.7%.
    The NSFG program produces descriptive statistics which document 
factors associated with birth and pregnancy rates, including 
contraception, infertility, marriage, cohabitation, and sexual 
activity, in the US household population 15-49 years (15-44 prior to 
2015), as well as behaviors that affect the risk of HIV and other 
sexually transmitted diseases (STD). The survey also disseminates 
statistics on the medical care associated with contraception, 
infertility, pregnancy, and related health conditions.
    NSFG data users include the DHHS programs that fund the survey, 
including CDC/NCHS and 11 others within the Department of Health and 
Human Services:

 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and 
Human Development (NIH/NICHD)
 Office of Population Affairs (OPA)
 Children's Bureau in the Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF/CB)
 Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (ACF/CB)
 Office on Women's Health (OASH/OWH)
 CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/NCHHSTP/DHAP)
 CDC's Division of STD Prevention (CDC/NCHHSTP/DSTDP)
 CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (CDC/NCHHSTP/
DASH)
 CDC's Division of Reproductive Health (CDC/NCCDPHP/DRH)
 CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (CDC/NCCDPHP/
DCPC)
 CDC's Division of Violence Prevention (CDC/NCIPC/DVP)

    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 reinstate NSFG data collection 
for three years. The reinstatement request includes the conduction of 
several methodological studies designed to improve the efficiency and 
validity of NSFG data collection for the purposes described above. The 
total estimated annualized time burden to respondents is 6,119 hours. 
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Average burden/
          Respondents                 Form           Number of     Responses per    response (in   Total burden
                                                     responses      respondent        hours)           hours
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Household member..............  Screener                  13,500               1            3/60             675
                                 Interview.
Household Female 15-49 years    Female Interview           2,750               1           75/60           3,438
 of age.
Household Male 15-49 years of   Male Interview..           2,250               1           50/60           1,875
 age.
Household member..............  Screener                   1,500               1            2/60              50
                                 Verification.
Household Individual 15-49      Main Interview               500               1            5/60              42
 years of age.                   Verification.
Household Female 15-49 years    Respondent                   150               1            3/60               8
 of age.                         debriefing
                                 questions about
                                 calendar.
Household member..............  Phase 4                      375               1            5/60              31
                                 nonresponse
                                 follow-up
                                 questions.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,119
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-12210 Filed 6-9-21; 8:45 am]
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