Notice2025-05325
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
March 28, 2025
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Labor DepartmentLabor Statistics Bureau
Abstract
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension without change of the "American Time Use Survey." A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the Addresses section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 59 (Friday, March 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14168-14169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05325]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension without change of the
``American Time Use Survey.'' A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed
below in the Addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before May 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#52101e010d0200130d0227303e3b3112303e217c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="246668777b7476657b745146484d47644648570a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll-free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ATUS is the Nation's first federally administered, continuous
survey on time use in the United States. It measures, for example, time
spent providing childcare and eldercare, working, doing household
chores, and spent in leisure activities. In the United States, several
existing Federal surveys collect income and wage data for individuals
and families, and analysts often use such measures of material
prosperity as proxies for quality of life. Time-use data substantially
augment these quality-of-life measures. The data also can be used in
conjunction with wage data to evaluate the contribution of non-market
work to national economies. This enables comparisons of production
between nations that have different mixes of market and non-market
activities.
The ATUS develops nationally representative estimates of how people
spend their time. Respondents also report who was with them during
activities, where they were, how long each activity lasted, and if they
were paid. All of this information has numerous practical applications
for sociologists, economists, educators, government officials,
businesspersons, health researchers, and others, answering questions
such as:
<bullet> Do the ways people use their time vary across demographic
and labor force characteristics, such as age, sex, race, ethnicity,
employment status, earnings, and education?
<bullet> How much time do parents spend in the company of their
children, either actively providing care or being with them while
socializing, or doing other things? How has this changed over time?
<bullet> How are earnings related to leisure time--do those with
higher earnings
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spend more or less time relaxing and socializing?
<bullet> How much time do people spend working at their workplaces
and in their homes?
The ATUS data are collected on an ongoing basis nearly every day of
the year, allowing analysts to identify changes in how people spend
their time.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
American Time Use Survey (ATUS). This survey collects information on
how individuals in the United States use their time. Collection is done
on a continuous basis with the sample drawn monthly. The survey sample
is drawn from households completing their 8th month of interviews for
the Current Population Survey (CPS). Households are selected to ensure
a nationally-representative demographic sample, and one individual from
each household is selected to take part in one Computer Assisted
Telephone Interview. Interviewers ask respondents to report all of
their activities for one pre-assigned 24-hour day, the day prior to the
interview. A short series of summary questions and CPS updates follows
the core time diary collection. After each full year of collection,
annual national estimates of time use for an average day, weekday, and
weekend day are published.
Because the ATUS sample is a subset of households completing
interviews for the CPS, the same demographic information collected from
that survey is available for ATUS respondents. Comparisons of activity
patterns across characteristics such as sex, race, age, and education
of the respondent, as well as the presence of children and the number
of adults living in the respondent's household, are possible.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
<bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
<bullet> Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
Title of Collection: American Time Use Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0175.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Annual Number of Respondents: 8,520.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Annual Responses: 8,520.
Average Time per Response: 20.2 minutes.
Estimated Annual Total Burden Hours: 2,868 hours.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed on March 19, 2025.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2025-05325 Filed 3-27-25; 8:45 am]
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