Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: April 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 66)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

DOC has submitted 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 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Survey of Income and Program Participation 1996 Panel Wave 11.

Form Number(s): SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument, SIPP-161105(L).

Agency Approval Number: 0607-0813.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 117,800 hours..

Number of Respondents: 77,700.

Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to collect information from a sample of households concerning the distribution of income received directly as money or indirectly as in-kind benefits. SIPP data are use by economic policymakers, the Congress, state and local governments, and Federal agencies that administer social welfare and transfer payment programs such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Agriculture.

The SIPP is a longitudinal survey, in that households in the panel are interviewed 12 times at 4-month intervals or waves over the life of the panel, making the duration of the panel about 4 years. The next panel of households will be introduced in the year 2000.

The survey is molded around a central core of labor force and income questions, health insurance questions, and questions concerning government program participation that remain fixed throughout the life of the panel. The core questions are asked at Wave 1 and are updated during subsequent interviews. The core is supplemented with additional questions or topical modules designed to answer specific needs.

This request is for clearance of the topical modules to be asked during Wave 11 of the 1996 Panel. The core questions and topical modules for Waves 1-10 have already been cleared. The topical modules for Wave 11 are: (1) Child Support Agreements, (2) Support for Non- household members, (3) Adult Disability, (4) Child Disability, and (5) Computer and Internet Usage. Wave 11 interviews will be conducted from August through November 1999.

The Census Bureau is conducting incentive experiments over the course of the 1996 Panel. Monetary incentives to encourage response have been incorporated into most Waves of the 1996 Panel. Wave 11 also includes an incentive experiment.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Frequency: Every 4 months.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.

OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5033, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 1, 1999. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-8588Filed4-6-99; 8:45 am]

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