[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7120-7121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3616]
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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: Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Integrated Coverage Measurement
(ICM) Person Interview and Outmover Tracing Activities.
Form number(s): CAPI Person Interview, CAPI Person QA Interview,
CATI Outmover Tracing Interview, and DX-1340.
Agency approval number: None.
Type of request: New collection.
Burden: 11,175 hours.
Number of respondents: 28,400.
Avg hours per response: About 19 minutes.
Needs and uses: The Bureau of the Census developed the Integrated
Coverage Measurement (ICM) approach for measuring coverage of housing
units and populations during the decennial census. In the Census 2000
Dress Rehearsal, we are interested in conducting a rehearsal of our ICM
approach to measuring the coverage of the census for housing units and
people.
The first phase of ICM consists of developing an independent
listing of all addresses within the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal sites.
The independent listing will be matched to the census list of
addresses; the unmatched cases will be sent to the field for
reconciliation during the Housing Unit Follow-up operation. The
resultant address listing will be used in the ICM Person Interview
phase. The materials for the independent listing have been approved by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The materials for the
Housing Unit Follow-up operation are currently awaiting OMB approval.
During the ICM Person Interview, the Bureau of the Census will
interview target ICM sample cases. Intensive probing techniques will be
used to
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reconstruct a roster of the residents of the housing unit on census
day. When combined with our efforts to match responses to the results
of the initial count, the interview data will identify persons missed
or incorrectly included in the census as well as persons correctly
enumerated.
For census day residents that have moved (outmovers), we will
attempt to locate and interview the census day residents at their new
address. We will use proxy information gathered from current residents
in cases where we cannot locate outmovers.
For quality assurance, at maximum, a 20 percent random sample of
respondents in the ICM sample will be reinterviewed.
After the person interview, person matching for Dual System
Estimation (DSE) will be conducted. Unresolved cases will be reconciled
in the field during the ICM Person Follow-up interview. The materials
to be used in the Person Follow-up interview will be submitted later
this year.
Affected public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One-time.
Respondent's obligation: Mandatory.
Legal authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 141, 193, and 221.
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 5312, 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: February 6, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-3616 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
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