[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70773-70774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25319]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Survey of Children's Health Longitudinal Cohort 
(NSCH-LC)

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information 
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information 
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the 
proposed new information collection, of the National Survey of 
Children's Health Longitudinal Cohort, prior to the submission of the 
information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed 
information collection must be received on or before January 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by 
email to [email protected]. Please reference National Survey of 
Children's Health Longitudinal Cohort in the subject line of your 
comments. You may also submit comments, identified by Docket Number 
USBC-2022-0019, 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, or Adobe PDF file formats.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed 
to Carolyn Pickering, Survey Director, by way of phone (301-763-3873) 
or email ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 
Health Resources Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau (HRSA MCHB), the National Survey of Children's Health 
Longitudinal Cohort (NSCH-LC) will produce unique data on the physical 
and emotional health of 3- to 23-year-olds in the United States with a 
focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. The NSCH-LC will collect information 
related to the health and well-being of children, young adults, and 
their families, including access to and use of health care, family 
interactions, parental health, school, and after-school experiences.
    The goal of the NSCH-LC is to provide HRSA MCHB, other government 
agencies, and other data users with the necessary data to assess the 
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. children, young adults, and 
their families, to illuminate key risk and protective factors for this 
cohort, and to identify gaps in health care and education during this 
period.
    The data collection strategy for the NSCH-LC is informed by the 
data collection strategies of other similar surveys, such as the annual 
National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). The data collection 
strategy for the NSCH-LC will consist of the following components:
     Sampling Frame--The base sample will consist of 60,000 
households that responded to the annual NSCH in 2018 and 2019.
     Incentive Distribution--The NSCH-LC will provide a $5 pre-
paid unconditional cash incentive to 100% of the total sampled 
addresses.
     Mailing Materials Strategy-- Households will be assigned 
to a mailing strategy based on respondent behavior in the NSCH 2018/
2019. All sampled addresses will receive an initial web invitation 
letter to complete the NSCH-LC followed by a pressure-sealed reminder 
postcard one week later. All non-responding households may receive up 
to one additional pressure-sealed reminder postcard and up to three 
additional nonresponse follow-up mailings. Households will receive a 
paper questionnaire based on their prior response preference on the 
NSCH 2018/2019. Households with a preference to respond with the paper 
instrument may receive an English questionnaire as early as the first 
follow-up mailing. Households with a preference to respond with the web 
instrument may receive an English questionnaire as early as the second 
follow-up mailing. For households that preferred to respond in Spanish, 
those households will receive a Spanish paper questionnaire in the 
initial mailing and with each nonresponse follow-up mailing. The NSCH-
LC mailed correspondence will be addressed to the ``Parent or Previous 
Caregiver of [child's/person's name]'' or to the ``Parent or Previous 
Caregiver''. For those households that complete the survey, they may 
receive a ``thank you'' letter after the data has been publicly 
released thanking them for their response and sharing information about 
where to find the published datasets.
     Questionnaire Content--The content for the NSCH-LC has 
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two rounds of cognitive testing \1\ and asks households to report 
retrospectively on different topics during the COVID-19 pandemic at the 
time of response when the NSCH-LC will be fielded in late Summer 2023. 
Additional content will be from the annual NSCH covering topics such as 
physical and emotional health, health insurance coverage, health care 
access, community, childcare, and school engagement, development, 
learning, and school readiness, and family resources. The overlap of 
content with the annual NSCH was done to provide a comparison of 
content collected in NSCH 2018/2019 to the NSCH-LC in 2023. Some of the 
content from the NSCH 2018/2019 was updated to a gender-neutral text to 
match current standards. This cognitive testing request was submitted 
under the generic clearance package and approved by OMB. Based on the 
results of cognitive testing, a final set of proposed new and modified 
content will be included in the full OMB ICR for the NSCH-LC.
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    \1\ Generic Clearance Information Collection Request: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=201909-0607-002&icID=251581.
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     Data Collection--The NSCH-LC is a one-phase data 
collection. Households will be assigned one of the three age-based 
topical questionnaires. To support the full age range of 3-23 years old 
for the NSCH-LC sampled children and young adults, the questionnaire 
age splits will be as followed: LC1/S-LC1 is 3- to 5-years-old, the 
LC2_3/S-LC2_3 is 6- to 17-years-old, and the LC4/S-LC4 is 18- to 23-
years-old.
     Nonresponse Follow-up--If there is evidence during the 
NSCH-LC data collection that the household has moved, that household 
case may be sent for interviewer follow-up. Interviewer nonresponse 
follow-up is fully dependent on funding being available. These 
interviewers will not administer the survey, but they will encourage 
response through the web instrument, paper instrument, or TQA phone 
support.
     Data Mode Collection--There will be two modes of data 
collection for the NSCH-LC. Households will be able to answer by a 
self-administered internet/web instrument (English only) or they will 
be able to answer by paper questionnaire (available in both English and 
Spanish). Additionally, they may call into the TQA line to complete the 
survey over the phone with an operator. TQA operators will be using the 
same web instrument used by respondents. All non-responding households 
will receive a paper questionnaire by the second nonresponse follow-up 
mailing.
     Branding--Mailing materials will be sent using U.S. Census 
Bureau letterhead and envelopes. Mailing materials will be reviewed 
during cognitive testing and based on the annual NSCH mailing 
materials.
     Respondent Help/Support Operations--The NSCH-LC will have 
a TQA line available for those who experience technical problems, have 
questions about the NSCH-LC, would like to complete the survey with an 
operator, or would like to request a paper questionnaire. In addition, 
email questionnaire assistance will be available for these households 
should they prefer that method of contact.

II. Method of Collection

    The NSCH-LC will consist of both a web-push and a mixed mode data 
collection design. Every mailing the household receives will include a 
web invitation to complete the English web instrument. However, 
depending on the mode of completion and language preference in NSCH 
2018/2019, the NSCH-LC invitation mail package may also include a paper 
questionnaire (either English or Spanish). The Spanish language 
response preference group will also receive instructions for calling 
into the TQA line to complete the survey in Spanish over the phone. 
Households that prefer to complete the survey using a paper 
questionnaire may call TQA to request a questionnaire be mailed to them 
in their next scheduled mailing.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): NSCH-LC1 (English topical questionnaire for 3- to 
5-year-old children), NSCH-LC2_3 (English topical questionnaire for 6- 
to 17-year-old children), NSCH-LC4 (English topical questionnaire for 
18- to 23-year-old persons), NSCH-S-LC1 (Spanish topical questionnaire 
for 3- to 5-year-old children), NSCH-S-LC2_3 (Spanish topical 
questionnaire for 6- to 17-year-old children), NSCH-S-LC4 (Spanish 
topical questionnaire for 18- to 23-year-old persons).
    Type of Review: Regular submission, New Information Collection 
Request.
    Affected Public: Parents, researchers, policymakers, and family 
advocates.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 45,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: Response time for households with 
eligible children will be approximately 40 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 (This is not the cost of 
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for 
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to 
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services 
required specifically by the collection.)
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 8(b); 42 U.S.C. 701; and 
42 U.S.C. 241.

IV. Request for Comments

    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau 
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy 
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed 
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden 
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include, or summarize, each comment in our 
request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information 
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold 
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-25319 Filed 11-18-22; 8:45 am]
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