Notice2021-24378
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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November 8, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 213 (Monday, November 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61754-61755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24378]
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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; Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic
Supplement
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general 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. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on April 1, 2021, and on September 3, 2021, during a
60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic
Supplement.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0354.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 78,000.
Average Hours per Response: 0.41667.
Burden Hours: 32,500.
Needs and Uses: Information on work experience, personal income,
noncash benefits, current and previous year health insurance coverage,
employer-sponsored insurance take-up, and migration is collected
through the ASEC. The work experience items in the ASEC provide a
unique measure of the dynamic nature of the labor force as viewed over
a one-year period. These items produce statistics that show movements
in and out of the labor force by measuring the number of periods of
unemployment experienced by people,
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the number of different employers worked for during the year, the
principal reasons for unemployment, and part-/full-time attachment to
the labor force. We can make indirect measurements of discouraged
workers and others with a casual attachment to the labor market. The
ASEC data collection questions remain largely unchanged from its most
recent collection in 2021, however, there are minor changes and
additions requested. The changes are limited to questions on stimulus
payments, free and reduced price school lunch, pandemic school meals,
and advanced child tax credit payments.
The income data from the ASEC are used by social planners,
economists, government officials, and market researchers to gauge the
economic well-being of the country as a whole, and selected population
groups of interest. Government planners and researchers use these data
to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of various assistance
programs. Market researchers use these data to identify and isolate
potential customers. Social planners use these data to forecast
economic conditions and to identify special groups that seem to be
especially sensitive to economic fluctuations. Economists use ASEC data
to determine the effects of various economic forces, such as inflation,
recession, recovery, and so on, and their differential effects on
various population groups.
The ASEC is the official source of national poverty estimates
calculated in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget's
Statistical Policy Directive 14. Two other important national estimates
derived from the ASEC are real median household income and the number
and percent of individuals without health insurance coverage.
The ASEC also contains questions related to: (1) Medical
expenditures; (2) presence and cost of a mortgage on property; (3)
child support payments; and (4) amount of child care assistance
received. These questions enable analysts and policymakers to obtain
better estimates of family and household income, and more precisely
gauge poverty status.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and
182; and Title 29, United States Code, Sections 1-9.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0607-0354.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-24378 Filed 11-5-21; 8:45 am]
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