88 FR 213 pgs. 76167-76168 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Census Household Panel Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 213Pages: 76167 - 76168
Pages: 76167, 76168FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-24429 Filed 11-3-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Census Bureau
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Census Household Panel Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations
On June 29, 2023, the Department of Commerce received clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct the Census Household Panel recruitment and first topical operation (OMB No. 0607-1025, Exp. 6/20/26). The Census Household Panel is designed to ensure availability of frequent data collection for nationwide estimates on a variety of topics for a variety of subgroups of the population.
Content for both Topical 2 and Topical 3 will consist of a modified version of the Household Pulse Survey questionnaire. Topics covered include employment, telework, access to infant formula, health and disability, children's mental health treatment, social connection/isolation, childcare arrangements, educational enrollment, inflation and spending, food security, experience of national disasters, housing, COVID testing and symptoms, COVID vaccination uptake, and long COVID. Data will be collected in December and January to study methodological implications of having a repeated measure design. These data will also be studied in conjunction with the January fielding of the Household Pulse Survey. The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 6, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: Census Household Panel Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1025.
Form Number(s): To be determined.
Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 12,225 panel members.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (20 minutes for monthly collection).
Burden Hours: 43,956.
[top] Needs and Uses: The Census Household Panel is a probability-based nationwide nationally representative survey panel designed to test the methods to collect data on a variety of
Panelists and households selected for the Panel were recruited from the Census Bureau's gold standard Master Address File. This ensures the Panel is rooted in this rigorously developed and maintained frame and available for linkage to administrative records securely maintained and curated by the Census Bureau. Invitations to complete the monthly surveys will be sent via email and SMS messages and questionnaires will be mainly internet self-response. The Panel will maintain representativeness by allowing respondents who do not use the internet to respond via computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). All panelists will receive an incentive for each complete questionnaire. Periodic replenishment samples will maintain representativeness and panelists will be replaced after a period of three years.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 141, 182 and 193.
This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 0607-1025.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-24429 Filed 11-3-23; 8:45 am]
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