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 Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30-Day-12-0314]
 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35. To request a copy of these requests, call (404) 639-7570 or send an email to 
                    *omb@cdc.gov*. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)—(0920-0314, Expiration 05/31/2012)—Revision—National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on “family formation, growth, and dissolution,” as well as “determinants of health” and “utilization of health care” in the United States. This three-year clearance request includes the data collection in 2012-2015 for the continuous NSFG. The National Survey of Family Growth(NSFG) was conducted periodically between 1973 and 2002, and continuously since 2006, by the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Each year, about 14,000 households are screened, with about 5,000 participants interviewed annually. Participation in the NSFG is completely voluntary and confidential. Interviews average 60 minutes for males and 80 minutes for females. The response rate since 2006 is about 77 percent. This submission requests approval for three years. The NSFG program produces descriptive statistics which measure factors associated with birth and pregnancy rates, including contraception, infertility, marriage, divorce, and sexual activity, in the US population 15-44; and behaviors that affect the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), including HIV, and the medical care associated with contraception, infertility, and pregnancy and childbirth. NSFG data users include the DHHS programs that fund it, including CDC/NCHS and nine others (The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD); the Office of Population Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (DHHS/OASPE); the Children's Bureau (DHHS/ACF/CB); the ACF's Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE); the CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (CDC/DHAP); the CDC's Division of STD Prevention (CDC/DSTD); the CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (CDC/DCPC); and the CDC's Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. The NSFG is also used by state and local governments; private research and action organizations focused on men's 
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                    and women's health, child well-being, and marriage and the family; academic researchers in the social and public health sciences; journalists, and many others. No questionnaire changes are requested in the first 15 months of this clearance; some limited changes may be requested after that, to be responsive to emerging public policy issues. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 7,192. Table 1—Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Respondents/Instrument
Number of
                             responses
Responses
                             per 
                             respondent
Average
                             burden per 
                             response  
                             (in hours)Screener
14,000
1
3/60Female Interview
2,750
1
1.5Male Interview
2,250
1
1Verification
1,400
1
5/60
 Dated: March 19, 2012. Ron A. Otten, Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


[FR Doc. 2012-7026 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P