Notice2023-24429
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Census Household Panel Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations
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Published
November 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 213 (Monday, November 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76167-76168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24429]
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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; Census Household Panel Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations
On June 29, 2023, the Department of Commerce received clearance
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct the Census Household Panel
recruitment and first topical operation (OMB No. 0607-1025, Exp. 6/20/
26). The Census Household Panel is designed to ensure availability of
frequent data collection for nationwide estimates on a variety of
topics for a variety of subgroups of the population.
Content for both Topical 2 and Topical 3 will consist of a modified
version of the Household Pulse Survey questionnaire. Topics covered
include employment, telework, access to infant formula, health and
disability, children's mental health treatment, social connection/
isolation, childcare arrangements, educational enrollment, inflation
and spending, food security, experience of national disasters, housing,
COVID testing and symptoms, COVID vaccination uptake, and long COVID.
Data will be collected in December and January to study methodological
implications of having a repeated measure design. These data will also
be studied in conjunction with the January fielding of the Household
Pulse Survey. 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 February 6, 2023,
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: Census Household Panel Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1025.
Form Number(s): To be determined.
Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a currently approved
collection.
Number of Respondents: 12,225 panel members.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (20 minutes for
monthly collection).
Burden Hours: 43,956.
Needs and Uses: The Census Household Panel is a probability-based
nationwide nationally representative survey panel designed to test the
methods to collect data on a variety of
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topics of interest, and for conducting experimentation on alternative
question wording and methodological approaches. The goal of the Census
Household Panel is to ensure availability of frequent data collection
for nationwide estimates on a variety of topics and a variety of
subgroups of the population, meeting standards for transparent quality
reporting of the Federal Statistical Agencies and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
Panelists and households selected for the Panel were recruited from
the Census Bureau's gold standard Master Address File. This ensures the
Panel is rooted in this rigorously developed and maintained frame and
available for linkage to administrative records securely maintained and
curated by the Census Bureau. Invitations to complete the monthly
surveys will be sent via email and SMS messages and questionnaires will
be mainly internet self-response. The Panel will maintain
representativeness by allowing respondents who do not use the internet
to respond via computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). All
panelists will receive an incentive for each complete questionnaire.
Periodic replenishment samples will maintain representativeness and
panelists will be replaced after a period of three years.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 141,
182 and 193.
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 0607-1025.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-24429 Filed 11-3-23; 8:45 am]
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