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Vol. 88, No. 218 

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 

1 Generic Clearance Information Collection 

Request: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=202209-0607- 

002&icID=260679. 

2State 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. 

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, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

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 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to ADDP.NSCH.List@census.gov. 

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–2023–0011, to the Federal eRulemaking 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 Leah 

Meyer, Assistant Survey Director, by 

way of phone (301–763–7174) or email 

(Leah.Meyer@census.gov). 

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), the 

United States Department of Health and 

Human Services’ Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), the 

National Center on Birth Defects and 

Developmental Disabilities (CDC– 

NCBDDD), and the Division of 

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and 

Obesity (CDC–DNPAO) sponsor 

supplemental content on the NSCH. 

Additionally, the upcoming cycle of the 

NSCH plans to include fifteen (15) age, 

state, or regional oversamples. The agebased 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 

California, the State of Colorado, the 

State of Illinois, the State of Kansas, the 

State of Louisiana, the State of 

Minnesota, the State of Nebraska, the 

State of Ohio, the State of Pennsylvania, 

the State of South Carolina, the State of 

Utah, the State of Wisconsin, 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 

of the 2024 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. The MCHB sponsored NSCH 

sample plus the separately sponsored 

age-, state- or region-based oversamples 

will be approximately 385,000 

addresses for the 2024 NSCH. 

NSCH is seeking clearance to make 

the following changes: 

• 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 2024 NSCH. 

• 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 

thirteen (13) states and one region 

contributing to an oversample as part of 

the 2024 NSCH. Eight (8) states 

(California, Colorado, Louisiana, 

Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 

Wisconsin, and Wyoming) and the 

Atlanta, GA Metro Area, have been 

oversampled since 2020 and are 

continuing with the option as part of the 

2024 NSCH. Three (3) additional states 

(Kansas, Illinois, and Minnesota) were 

included in oversample in 2023 and 

will continue with the option as part of 

the 2024 NSCH, and two (2) additional 


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3Screener 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). 

4Overall Response Rate is the probability a 

resolved address completes a screener 

questionnaire and then, when eligible, completes a 

topical questionnaire. 

states (South Carolina and Utah) will be 

oversampled for the first time in 2024. 

CDC–NCCDPHP is supporting an 

oversample of households with young 

children. Additionally, MCHB is 

requesting oversamples within the states 

of California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, 

Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, 

Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, 

Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 

Besides the proposed changes listed 

above, the 2024 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 2024 

NSCH an overall screener completion 

rate to be about 44.4% and an overall 

topical completion rate to be about 

31.3%.3 This is different from the 

overall response rate, which we expect 

to be about 39.3%.4

II. Method of Collection 

The 2024 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 2024 NSCH plan for the mixedmode 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 mixedmode 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: 

132,402. 

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: 49,431. 

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. 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 


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cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25017 Filed 11–13–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Longitudinal EmployerHousehold Dynamics (LEHD) 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

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 Longitudinal Employer-Household 

Dynamics data collection, prior to the 

submission of the information collection 

request to OMB for approval. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to adrm.pra@census.gov. Please 

reference Longitudinal EmployerHousehold Dynamics (LEHD) in the 

subject line of your comments. You may 

also submit comments, identified by 

Docket Number USBC–2023–0012, 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 Keith 

Bailey, Assistant Center Chief, 301–763– 

2923, and keith.a.bailey@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

A 21st century statistical system must 

provide information about the dynamic 

economy quickly, using data assets 

efficiently while minimizing the burden 

of collecting and providing data and 

fully preserving confidentiality. The 

Census Bureau’s Longitudinal 

Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) 

data infrastructure has demonstrated the 

power and usefulness of linking 

multiple business and employee data 

sets with state-of-the-art confidentiality 

protections to build a longitudinal 

national frame of jobs. 

LEHD supports the Department of 

Commerce plan to improve American 

competitiveness and measures of 

innovation. It provides Federal, State, 

and local policymakers and planners, 

businesses, private sector decision 

makers, and Congress with 

comprehensive and timely national, 

State, and local information on the 

dynamic nature of employers and 

employees. 

LEHD significantly reduces the 

overall effort for the generation of its 

quarterly data product by: 

• Leveraging existing Federal 

administrative and State data 

• Avoiding costs required to expand 

existing surveys to collect the 

information directly 

• Reducing respondent burden by 

limiting the number of required 

resources to just the owners of the 

required data 

LEHD is a result of the Local 

Employment Dynamics (LED) 

Partnership. The LED Partnership is a 

partnership between the US Census 

Bureau and the Labor Market 

Information (LMI) agencies from 50 

States, the District of Columbia, and the 

territories of Puerto Rico, Guam and the 

U.S. Virgin Islands. This partnership 

supports the development, promotion, 

and distribution of the following publicuse data products: 

• Quarterly Workforce Indicators 

(QWI)—LEHD’s flagship data product is 

the Quarterly Workforce Indicators 

(QWI) which provides 32 statistical 

indicators on employment, job creation 

and destruction, accessions (hires and 

recalls), and separations (e.g., exits and 

layoffs). These statistics are released for 

the following by-groups for all quarters 

for which data are available for each 

partner State: 

Æ County, metropolitan, and workforce 

development area 

Æ Age, sex, race, and ethnicity 

categories 

Æ Business characteristics (i.e., detailed 

industry ownership type, firm age, 

firm size) 

• LEHD Origin Destination 

Employment Statistics (LODES)— 

LODES data provide detailed spatial 

distributions of workers’ employment 

and residential locations and the 

relation between the two at the Census 

Block level. LODES also provides 

characteristic detail on age, earnings, 

industry distributions, and other 

worker/business characteristics. 

• Job-to-Job Flows (J2J)—Job-to-Job 

Flows (J2J) is a set of statistics on job 

mobility in the United States 

constructed by the LEHD program. J2J 

include statistics on: (1) the job-to-job 

transition rate, (2) hires and separations 

to and from employment, (3) earnings 

changes due to job change, and (4) 

characteristics of origin and destination 

jobs for job-to-job transitions. These 

statistics are available at the national, 

State, and metropolitan area levels and 

by worker and firm characteristics. 

• Post-Secondary Employment 

Outcomes (PSEO)—Post-Secondary 

Employment Outcomes (PSEO) is an 

experimental set of statistics on the 

earnings and employment outcomes of 

graduates of select post-secondary 

institutions in the United States, and is 

constructed using data from LEHD. 

Earnings Outcomes reports earnings by 

institution, degree field, degree level 

and graduation cohort for 1, 5 and 10 

years after graduation. Employment 

Flows tabulations provide the 

destination industry and geography of 

employment for graduates of an 

institution by degree level, degree field, 

and graduation cohort, for one, five, and 

10 years after graduation. A limited 

number of institutions are available as 

part of the pilot release, but future 

updates will include additional postsecondary institutions. 

These data products highlight state 

and local labor market dynamics that 

cannot be learned from other statistical 

sources and are therefore used in many 

different arenas. For example, the QWI 

can be used as local-labor-market 

controls in regression analysis; to 

identify long-term trends; to provide 

local context in performance 

evaluations; and for a host of other 

applications. 


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