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
| Published date | 09 November 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 62148 |
| Record Number | 2021-24503 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Census Bureau |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62148-62150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24503]
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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: 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 January 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to [email protected]. 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-2021-0026, to the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. All comments
received are part of the public record. No comments will be posted to
http://www.regulations.gov 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 ([email protected]).
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
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States
Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (CDC-NCBDDD) sponsor supplemental content on the NSCH.
Additionally, the upcoming cycle of the NSCH plans to include five
returning age-based or state-based oversamples and one new region-based
oversample. The age-based oversample would be funded by the United
States Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (CDC-NCCDPHP). The state- or region-based
oversamples would be sponsored by Children's Health Care of Atlanta,
the State of Colorado, the State of Nebraska, the Ohio Department of
Health, the Oregon Center for Children and Youth
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with Special Health Care Needs, and the State of Tennessee.
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 of the 2022
NSCH is to provide HRSA MCHB, the supplemental sponsoring agencies,
states, regions, 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.
NSCH is seeking clearance to make the following changes:
Increased sample size--The MCHB sponsored NSCH sample plus
the separately sponsored age-, state-, or region-based oversamples will
be approximately 360,000 addresses for the 2022 NSCH, compared with
300,000 in 2021. The increased sample will allow individual states and
agencies to produce statistically sound child health estimates in a
fewer number of pooled years than if the sample were to remain the same
annually, thereby resulting in more timely age-, state- and region-
based health estimates of children.
Revised questionnaire content--The NSCH questionnaires
with newly proposed and revised content from the sponsors at HRSA MCHB
are currently undergoing two rounds of cognitive testing. This testing
request was submitted under the generic clearance package and approved
by OMB.\1\ Based on the results, a final set of proposed new and
modified content will be included in the full OMB ICR for the 2022
NSCH.
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\1\ Generic Clearance Information Collection Request: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=201909-0607-002&icID=248532.
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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 five
states, one region, and one federal partner contributing to an
oversample as part of the 2022 NSCH. Four states (Colorado, Nebraska,
Ohio, and Oregon) and the Atlanta, GA Metro Area were initially
oversampled in 2020 or 2021 and are continuing with the option as part
of the 2022 NSCH. One additional state (Tennessee) will be oversampled
for the first time in 2022. CDC-NCCDPHP is supporting an oversample of
households with young children. Additionally, MCHB is requesting
oversamples within the states of California, New York, Pennsylvania,
and Wyoming.
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\2\ State Oversampling in the National Survey of Children's
Health: Feasibility, Cost, and Alternative Approaches https://census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/nsch/NSCH_State_Oversample_Summary_Document.pdf.
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Besides the proposed changes listed above, the 2022 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.
Additionally, the use of a $5 or $10 incentive with the initial paper
topical mailing will be used. 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
2022 NSCH an overall screener completion rate to be about 44.5% and an
overall topical completion rate to be about 36.0%. This is different
from the overall response rate, which we expect to be about 40.3%.
II. Method of Collection
The 2022 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 may have a chance to 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 2022 NSCH plan for the mixed-mode data collection design
includes up to 30% of the production addresses receiving a paper
screener questionnaire in either the initial or the first nonresponse
follow-up and 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 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
may 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: 131,884.
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: 46,587.
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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. Section
701; 42 U.S.C. Section 1769d(a)(4)(B); and 42 U.S.C. Section 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.
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