Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Published date | 27 February 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 11333 |
| Record Number | 2020-04009 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Census Bureau,Commerce Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11333-11334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04009]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: National Survey of Children's Health.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0990.
Form Number(s):
English survey forms include:
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).
Spanish survey forms include:
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 Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 54,774 for the production screener only and
39,596 for the combined production screener and topical.
Average Hours per Response: 0.083 hours for the production screener
only which covers households without children and those households that
do not complete a topical questionnaire. For those households that do
have an eligible child and complete both the production screener (0.083
hours) and topical (0.55 hours) questionnaire, their average totals
0.633 hours per response.
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Burden Hours: 29,642.
Needs and Uses: The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH)
enables the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) along with supplemental sponsoring
agencies, states, and other data users to produce national and state-
based estimates 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.
Data will be collected using one of two modes. The first mode is a
web instrument (Centurion) survey that contains the screener and
topical instruments. The web instrument first will take the respondent
through the screener questions. If the household screens into the
study, the respondent will be taken directly into one of the three age-
based topical sets of questions. The second mode is a mailout/mail-back
of a self-administered paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI) screener
instrument followed by a separate mailout/mail-back of a PAPI age-based
topical instrument.
The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) is a large-scale
(sample size is 240,000 addresses) national survey with approximately
217,000 addresses included in the base production survey and
approximately 23,000 addresses included as part of four separate state
oversamples. The survey will consist of three additional mail package
experiments. The first test will compare the traditional mail package
materials (70% of the sample) against a newly redesigned suite of
materials (30% of the sample) that were informed by two rounds of
cognitive testing. This redesigned suite of materials is aimed at
providing sampled addresses with a cohesive set of items within each
survey invitation package. The proposed materials include key facts
pertaining to survey data usage, relatable images for the target
population, and colors that match the associated paper questionnaires.
The second test will determine if envelope size has any impact on
response rates. This test will be conducted during the first
nonresponse follow-up mailing for the ``Low Paper'' treatment group and
will compare a flat envelope (9'' x 11.5'') with an unfolded letter
against a business standard size envelope (9.5'' x 4.125'') with a
folded letter. The third test will evaluate the use of a USPS priority
mail envelope in 50% of the initial topical mailings. Each test is
aimed at evaluating strategies that could potentially increase
response. In general, higher response can reduce follow-up costs and
nonresponse bias.
As in prior cycles of the NSCH, there remain two key, non-
experimental design elements. The first additional non-experimental
design element is either a $2 or $5 screener cash incentive mailed to
90% (30% receiving $2 and 60% receiving $5) of sampled addresses; the
remaining 10% (the control) will receive no incentive to monitor the
effectiveness of the cash incentive. This incentive is designed to
increase response and reduce nonresponse bias. The incentive amounts
were chosen based on the results of the 2019 NSCH as well as funding
availability. The second additional non-experimental design element is
a data collection procedure based on the block group-level paper-only
response probability used to identify households (30% of the sample)
that would be more likely to respond by paper and send them a paper
questionnaire from the initial mailing.
Affected Public: Parents, researchers, policymakers, and family
advocates.
Frequency: The 2020 collection is the fifth administration of the
NSCH. It is an annual survey, with a new sample drawn for each
administration.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Census Authority: 13 U.S.C. Section 8(b).
HRSA MCHB Authority: Title 42 U.S.C. Section 701(a)(2).
USDA Authority: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public
Law 111-296. In particular, 42 U.S.C. 1769d(a) authorizes USDA to
conduct research on the causes and consequences of childhood hunger
included in 1769d(a)(4)(B), the geographic dispersion of childhood
hunger and food insecurity.
CDC/NCBDDD Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 301, 42
U.S.C. 241.
Confidentiality: The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to
protect your information. The Census Bureau is not permitted to
publicly release your responses in a way that could identify you or
your household. Federal law protects your privacy and keeps your
answers confidential (Title 13, United States Code, Section 9). Per the
Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected
from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit
your data.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-04009 Filed 2-26-20; 8:45 am]
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