[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12705-12706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04669]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-0822; Docket No. CDC-2022-0009]


Proposed Data Collection 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 Intimate Partner 
and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). NISVS is a surveillance system used 
to monitor the magnitude of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate 
partner violence victimization among adults in the U.S.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0009 by either 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 H21-8, 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 H21-8, 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, 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 Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) 
(OMB Control No. 0920-0822, Exp. 03/31/2023)--Revision--National Center 
for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This is a Revision request for the currently approved National 
Intimate

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Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) (OMB Control No. 0920-0822, 
Exp. 03/31/2023). NISVS is a surveillance system used to monitor the 
magnitude of sexual violence (SV), stalking, and intimate partner 
violence (IPV) victimization among adults in the U.S. This Revision is 
being requested to continue collection of this data annually. Data are 
used by the federal government, states, partner organizations, and 
stakeholders to inform prevention programs and policies related to SV, 
stalking, and IPV. Additionally, NISVS data will be used in training 
programs, peer reviewed journals, technical reports, factsheets and 
other media. Datasets are made public for external researchers to use 
as well. NISVS data has also been used in the context of health equity 
by looking at race and ethnicity and sexual orientation. In 2010, NISVS 
collected data for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to examine 
IPV, SV, and stalking among American Indian and Alaska Native people. 
NISVS collected data in 2010, and again in 2016-17 for the Department 
of Defense (DoD) to understand the prevalence of violence among active-
duty women, active-duty men, and the wives of active-duty men.
    Continuing to document and monitor the prevalence of IPV, SV, and 
stalking is a critical step to improving the health of individuals, 
making communities safer, and reducing the social and healthcare costs 
currently burdening state and federal governments and programs. NISVS 
data can be used to inform public policies and prevention strategies 
and to help guide and evaluate progress towards reducing the 
substantial health and social burden associated with IPV, SV, and 
stalking.
    The modification in this Revision request is to fully implement the 
redesigned methodology and questionnaire for full national-level data 
collection. The redesigned NISVS will use an address-based sampling 
frame with push-to-web collection and optional call-in telephone 
option, increasing the response rate, decreasing costs, and reducing 
respondent burden. NISVS data will be collected using address-based 
randomized sampling with push-to-web design, whereby respondents will 
complete the survey on the internet. A call-in telephone option will be 
available to those who prefer to take the survey by phone.
    The subpopulation to be studied is non-institutionalized, English- 
and Spanish-speaking women and men aged 18 years or older in the United 
States. Data are analyzed using appropriate statistical software to 
account for the complexity of the survey design to compute weighted 
counts, percentages, and confidence intervals using national and state-
level data.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated total of 7,938 
annualized burden hours. There are no costs to respondents other than 
their time to participate.

                                        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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Individuals and Households....  Letter..........          15,000               1            6/60           1,500
                                Screener........          15,000               1            3/60             750
                                Web                       14,250               1           25/60           5,938
                                 Questionnaire.
                                Phone                        750               1           40/60             500
                                 Questionnaire.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           7,938
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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. 2022-04669 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
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