Notice2024-24530
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
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October 23, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed revision of the National Survey of Children's Health, prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84524-84526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24530]
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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
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 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the
proposed revision of the National Survey of Children's Health, 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 December 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e2f2a2a3e40203d2d264022071d1a2e0d0b001d1b1d40090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83c2c7c7d3adcdd0c0cbadcfeaf0f7c3e0e6edf0f6f0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference National Survey of
Children's Health in the subject line of your comments. You may also
submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2024-0025, 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 Christine Flanagan Borman, Survey Director, by way of phone (301-
763-4315) or email (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4878c968d97908d8a81ca8288858a8583858aca868b9689858aa487818a979197ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c4f445e455f58454249024a404d424d4b4d42024e435e414d426c4f49425f595f024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Sponsored primarily 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
(NSCH) is designed to produce data on the physical and emotional health
of children under 18 years of age who live in the United States. The
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CDC-
NCBDDD) and the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
(CDC-DNPAO) within the United States Department of Health and Human
Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sponsor supplemental
content on the NSCH. Additionally, the upcoming cycle of the NSCH plans
to include twelve (12) state oversamples. These state oversamples would
be sponsored by the State of Arizona, the State of California, the
State of Colorado, the State of Illinois, the State of Kansas, the
State of Nebraska, the State of New Mexico, the State of Ohio, the
State of Pennsylvania, the State of Utah, the State of West Virginia,
and the State of Wyoming.
The NSCH collects information on factors related to the well-being
of children, including access to health care, in-home medical care,
family interactions, parental health, school and after-school
experiences, and neighborhood characteristics. The goal
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of the 2025 NSCH is to provide HRSA MCHB, the supplemental sponsoring
agencies, states, and other data users with the necessary data to
support the production of national estimates yearly and state- or
region-based estimates with pooled samples on the health and well-being
of children, their families, and their communities as well as estimates
of the prevalence and impact of children with special health care
needs. The MCHB sponsored NSCH sample plus the separately sponsored
state-based oversamples will be approximately 375,000 addresses for the
2025 NSCH.
NSCH is seeking clearance to make the following changes:
<bullet> Revised questionnaire content--Newly proposed and revised
NSCH content from the sponsors at HRSA MCHB is currently undergoing
cognitive testing. This testing request was submitted under the generic
clearance package and approved by OMB \1\. Based on the results, a list
of modified content will be included in the full OMB ICR for the 2025
NSCH.
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\1\ Generic Clearance Information Collection Request: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=202209-0607-002&icID=269125">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=202209-0607-002&icID=269125</a>.
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<bullet> Oversamples \2\--In order to inform various priorities
that are otherwise not supported by the NSCH, some stakeholders have
shown interest in sponsoring an oversample of particular populations as
part of the annual NSCH administration. Currently, there are twelve
(12) states contributing to an oversample as part of the 2025 NSCH. Ten
(10) states (California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wyoming) have been oversampled in
one or more previous cycle(s) of the NSCH since 2020 and are continuing
with the option as part of the 2025 NSCH. Two (2) additional states
(Arizona and West Virginia) will be oversampled for the first time in
2025.
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\2\ State Oversampling in the National Survey of Children's
Health: Feasibility, Cost, and Alternative Approaches <a href="https://census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/nsch/NSCH_State_Oversample_Summary_Document.pdf">https://census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/nsch/NSCH_State_Oversample_Summary_Document.pdf</a>.
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Besides the proposed changes listed above, the 2025 NSCH will
proceed with the current design outlined in the previous OMB ICR
package, including the use of incentives. Response rates for the
unconditional monetary incentive group continues to show a
statistically significant difference over the control group that did
not receive an unconditional monetary incentive. As part of the initial
screener mailing, 90% will include $5 and 10% will not receive an
incentive. The incentive assignment to each sampled address would still
be random as was done in prior cycles and approved by OMB. For those
households that are eligible for an initial paper topical mailing, the
package will include an additional $5 incentive. Additional incentives
and mailing strategies may be used to both reduce nonresponse bias and
improve response rates per request of the sponsor and as funding
allows. We will continue to make modifications to data collection
strategies based on modeled information about paper or internet
response preference. Results from prior survey cycles will continue to
be used to inform the decisions made regarding future cycles of the
NSCH.
From prior cycles of the NSCH, using American Association for
Public Opinion Research definitions of response, we can expect for the
2025 NSCH an overall screener completion rate to be about 41.9% and an
overall topical completion rate to be about 27.1%.\3\ This is different
from the overall response rate, which we expect to be about 35.8%.\4\
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\3\ Screener Completion Rate is the proportion of screener-
eligible households (i.e., occupied residences) that completed a
screener. It is equal to (S+X)/(S+X+R+e(UR+UO)), where S is the
count of completed screeners with children, X is completed screeners
without children, R is screener refusals, and e(UR+UO) is the
estimated count of screener eligible households among nonresponding
addresses.
The Topical Completion Rate is the proportion of topical-
eligible households (i.e., occupied residences with children
present) that completed a topical questionnaire. It is equal to I/
HCt, where I is the count of completed topicals and HCt is the
estimated count of households with children in the sample or
S+R+(S+R)/(S+X+R)*e(UR+UO).
\4\ Overall Response Rate is the probability a resolved address
completes a screener questionnaire and then, when eligible,
completes a topical questionnaire.
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II. Method of Collection
The 2025 NSCH plan for the web push data collection design includes
approximately 70% of the production addresses receiving an initial
invite with instructions on how to complete an English or Spanish-
language screener questionnaire via the web. Households that decide to
complete the web-based survey will be taken through the screener
questionnaire to determine if they are eligible for one of three
topical instruments. Households that list at least one child who is 0
to 17 years old in the screener are directed into a topical
questionnaire immediately after the last screener question. If a
household in the web push treatment group decides to complete the paper
screener, the household will receive an additional topical
questionnaire incentive. This group will receive two web survey
invitation letters requesting their participation in the survey prior
to receiving up to two additional paper screener questionnaires in the
second and third follow-up mailings.
The 2025 NSCH plan for the mixed-mode data collection design
includes up to 30% of the production addresses receiving a paper
screener questionnaire in the initial mailing with instructions on how
to complete an English or Spanish language screener questionnaire via
the web as well. Households that decide to complete the web-based
survey will follow the same screener and topical selection path as the
web push. Households that choose to complete the paper screener
questionnaire rather than completing the survey on the internet and
that have eligible children will be mailed a paper topical
questionnaire upon receipt of their completed paper screener at the
Census Bureau's National Processing Center. If a household in the
mixed-mode group chooses to complete the paper screener instead of
completing the web-based screener via the internet, then the household
will receive an additional topical questionnaire incentive. This group
will receive both a web survey invitation letter along with a mailed
paper screener questionnaire with either the initial invitation or the
first follow-up and each additional nonresponse follow-up mailing.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0990.
Form Number(s): NSCH-S1 (English Screener), NSCH-T1 (English
Topical for 0- to 5-year-old children), NSCH-T2 (English Topical for 6-
to 11-year-old children), NSCH-T3 (English Topical for 12- to 17-year-
old children), NSCH-S-S1 (Spanish Screener), NSCH-S-T1 (Spanish Topical
for 0- to 5-year-old children), NSCH-S-T2 (Spanish Topical for 6- to
11-year-old children), and NSCH-S-T3 (Spanish Topical for 12- to 17-
year-old children).
Type of Review: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Affected Public: Parents, researchers, policymakers, and family
advocates.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 126,703.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes per screener response and
35-36 minutes per topical response, which in total is approximately 40-
41 minutes for households with eligible children.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 42,863.
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
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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. 8(b); 42 U.S.C. 701; 42 U.S.C.
1769d(a)(4)(B); 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,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-24530 Filed 10-22-24; 8:45 am]
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