Notice2022-25319
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)
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November 21, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70773-70774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#21606565710f6f7262690f6d4852556142444f5254520f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43020707136d0d10000b6d0f2a30370320262d3036306d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. All comments received are part of the public
record. No comments will be posted to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afecceddc0c3d6c181e281ffc6ccc4caddc6c1c8efcccac1dcdadc81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c182a0b3aeadb8afef8cef91a8a2aaa4b3a8afa681a2a4afb2b4b2efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a>).
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:
<bullet> Sampling Frame--The base sample will consist of 60,000
households that responded to the annual NSCH in 2018 and 2019.
<bullet> Incentive Distribution--The NSCH-LC will provide a $5 pre-
paid unconditional cash incentive to 100% of the total sampled
addresses.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> Questionnaire Content--The content for the NSCH-LC has
undergone
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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: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=201909-0607-002&icID=251581">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=201909-0607-002&icID=251581</a>.
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<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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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