[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25187-25188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12521]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census


1996 Integrated Coverage Measurement (ICM) Activities--Person 
Interview and Reconciliation Activities

ACTION: Proposed Agency Information Collection Activity; Comment 
Request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1955, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, Acting 
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to David C. Whitford, Bureau of the Census, Room 
3771, Washington, D.C. 20233, (301) 457-4035.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of the Census developed the Integrated Coverage 
Measurement (ICM) approach for measuring coverage of populations during 
the decennial census. In the 1996 Community Census, we are interested 
in refining our ICM approach to measuring the coverage of the census 
for housing units, people, group quarters with a dormitory style of 
living arrangement, and incorporating the use of administrative records 
into the ICM. The 1996 Community Census will be conducted in an urban 
site (six noncontiguous census tracts in Chicago, Illinois) and two 
American Indian Reservations (Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, and Fort 
Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho).
    As soon as the census enumeration is complete, the ICM Person 
Interview will be conducted using a Computer Assisted Personal 
Interviewing (CAPI) instrument, a laptop computer. The census 
enumerations and information from administrative records will be loaded 
into the CAPI instrument before interviewing begins.
    Intensive probing techniques will be used to reconstruct a roster 
of the residents of the housing unit on census day. The interviewing 
instrument will examine whether all people mentioned during the 
interview should be enumerated at the housing unit in question 
according to census residency rules. For units not enumerated in the 
census, the interviewer will ask probing questions to determine the 
status of the units and their occupants on census day, October 5, 1996. 
Then some initial matching and linking between the roster, the census 
enumeration, and the administrative records are done within the CAPI 
instrument. The interviewer will then reconcile the differences between 
the census enumerations, the administrative records, and the ICM 
interview. From this ``resolved'' roster we will have the information 
we need to produce final estimates of the coverage of the census. The 
interview data will identify persons missed or incorrectly included in 
the census as well as persons correctly enumerated.
    For quality assurance, at maximum, a 20 percent random sample of 
respondents in the ICM sample will be reinterviewed using a shortened 
version of the ICM Person Interview. This reinterview will be done on 
the CAPI instrument.
    After the ICM Person Interviews are conducted, we will conduct an 
Evaluation Interview; it will be identical to the ICM Person Interview 
and will be conducted using the CAPI instrument. The objective of this 
interview is to measure and evaluate data collection error associated 
with the ICM Person Interview.
    An Outmover Tracing Operation will be conducted during the time 
series when the ICM Person Interviews are being completed. For 
households where the census day residents have moved out, as identified 
through the ICM Person Interview, we will attempt to

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obtain an ICM proxy interview from the current residents or another 
reliable proxy. We will attempt to obtain the current address and/or 
telephone number of the census day residents. We will interview the 
``outmovers'' at their current address in person or by telephone using 
the ICM Outmover Tracing Questionnaire, Form DT-1340. For outmover 
households where we successfully trace and interview a member of the 
Census day household, the information obtained in this interview will 
be used instead of the information obtained from the proxy. For 
households where we are unable to locate the Census day residents or 
obtain an interview from them, we will use the information from the 
proxy interview.
    The ICM Outmover Tracing Questionnaire will also be used in the 
Outmover Evaluation. The evaluation will measure how effectively the 
ICM Person Interview identified outmovers.
    After the person interview and subsequent matching operation, 
person matching for Dual System Estimation (DSE) will be conducted. For 
DSE, results of the ICM Person Interview are combined with the census 
results to produce a measure of the true population. The estimation 
technique is called DSE because two independent sources of information 
or systems are used. Follow-up interviews using Form DT-1301 are needed 
when prior information is insufficient to determine a person's 
residence status or match status. After the DSE Follow-up Interview, 
the results will be coded. The files will then be prepared for missing 
data and estimation activities.
    We will also obtain administrative records of all persons living in 
dormitories in the urban portion of the 1996 Community Census and match 
the administrative records to the census. Cases that are possibly 
matched or nonmatched will be sent to the field for resolution. The DSE 
Follow-up form, DT-1301A, used during this field resolution will 
contain only one or two questions to ask of these people. The purpose 
of the questions is to determine residency status of the people living 
in dormitories. We will analyze the results of this operation to 
determine if in Census 2000, we can use administrative records in place 
of enumeration during the ICM.

II. Method of Collection

    Person to person interview.

III. Data

    OMB Number: Not available.
    Form Number: CAPI Person Interview (no form number); ICM Person 
Interview QA (no form number); DT-1340, Outmover Tracing Questionnaire; 
DT-1301, DSE Follow-up Form; and DT-1301A, DSE Follow-up Form for 
Dormitories.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,188 housing units and 120 
people in dormitories.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes (CAPI Person Interview, 
Evaluation Interview, Outmover Tracing Questionnaire, and Outmover 
Tracing Evaluation), 10 minutes (CAPI Person Interview QA); 15 minutes 
(DSE Follow-up Form); and 1 minute (DSE Follow-up Form for 
Dormitories).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,327 hours. CAPI Person 
Interview=3333 hours (20 minutes x 10,000 housing units); CAPI Person 
Interview QA=342 hours (10 minutes x 2,053 housing units); Evaluation 
Interview=149 hours (20 minutes by 446 housing units); Outmover 
Tracing=267 hours (20 minutes x 800 housing units); Outmover Tracing 
Evaluation=58 hours (20 minutes x 175 housing units); DSE Follow-up=178 
hours (15 minutes x 714 housing units); and DSE Follow-up for 
Dormitories=2 hours (1 minute x 120 people).
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,576,998.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: May 14, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-12521 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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