[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34306-34307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12038]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before July 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 
1979 (NLSY79) is a representative national sample of persons who were 
born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 1978. These 
respondents were ages 14 to 22 when the first round of interviews began 
in 1979; they were ages 57 to 64 as of December 31, 2021. The NLSY79 
was conducted annually from 1979 to 1994 and has been conducted 
biennially since 1994. The longitudinal focus of this survey requires 
information to be collected from the same individuals over many years 
in order to trace their education, training, work experience, 
fertility, income, and program participation.
    In addition to the main NLSY79, the biological children of female 
NLSY79 respondents have been surveyed since 1986. A battery of child 
cognitive, socio-emotional, and physiological assessments was 
administered biennially from 1986 until 2012 to NLSY79 mothers and 
their children. Starting in 1994, children who had reached age 15 by 
December 31 of the survey year (the Young Adults) were interviewed 
about their work experiences, training, schooling, health, fertility, 
self-esteem, and other topics. Funding for the NLSY79 Child and Young 
Adult surveys has been provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 
Institute of Child Health and Human Development through an interagency 
agreement with the BLS and through a grant awarded to researchers at 
the Ohio State University Center for Human Resource Research. The 
collection referenced in this notice does not include a collection of 
the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult surveys, but additional collections 
may be contemplated in the future.
    One of the goals of the Department of Labor is to produce and 
disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant information about the U.S. 
labor force. The BLS contributes to this goal by gathering information 
about the labor force and labor market and disseminating it to 
policymakers and the public so that participants in those markets can 
make more informed, and thus more efficient, choices. Research based on 
the NLSY79 contributes to the formation of national policy in the areas 
of education, training, employment programs, school-to-work 
transitions, and preparations for retirement. In addition to the 
reports that the BLS produces based on data from the NLSY79, members of 
the academic community publish articles and reports based on NLSY79 
data for the DOL and other funding agencies. To date, more than 2,750 
articles examining NLSY79 data have been published in scholarly 
journals. The survey design provides data gathered from the same 
respondents over time to form the only data set that contains this type 
of information for this important

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population group. Without the collection of these data, an accurate 
longitudinal data set could not be provided to researchers and 
policymakers, thus adversely affecting the DOL's ability to perform its 
policy- and report-making activities. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on March 1, 2022 (87 FR 11484).
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0109.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,355.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 6,455.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 7,318 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

Nicole Bouchet,
Senior PRA Analyst.
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