[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9266-9267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4670]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
revision of the ``National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 97 (NLSY97).''
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the addresses
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before April 27, 1998. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate 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;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G. Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20212. Ms. Kurz can be
reached on 202-606-7628 (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Part of the mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to promote
the development of the U.S. labor force and the efficiency of the U.S.
labor market. BLS contributes to this mission by gathering information
about the labor force and labor market and disseminating it to policy
makers and the public so that participants in those markets can make
more informed and, thus, more efficient choices.
The collection of the NLSY97 data will aid in the understanding of
labor market outcomes faced by individuals in the early stages of
career and family development and represents an important means of
fulfilling BLS responsibilities.
II. Current Actions
This proposed collection covers the next three waves of the NLSY97
cohort. This will cover waves two through four of a longitudinal study
of youths who were 12 through 16 years old on December 31, 1996. DOL
will interview these youths on a yearly basis to study how young people
make the transition from full-time schooling to the establishment of
their families and careers. The longitudinal focus of this survey
requires the collection of information about the same individuals over
many years in order to trace their education, training, work
experience, fertility, income and program participation. Recognizing
the crucial role of schools in training the next generation of workers,
we plan to collect data on which schools these youths attend to measure
the characteristics of those schools and relate them to the cognitive
development of the respondents. In addition we will use existing data
resources about these schools and measure the youth's academic
aptitudes both directly and by collecting scores on other standardized
tests the youth may have taken.
A major purpose of the data collection is to determine the
strengths and weaknesses of the process for guiding the nation's youth
from school to work. The transition from school to work, and the
process of establishing a more permanent career, takes several years
and proceeds at a different pace for different people. Accordingly,
these data will help us understand how different youths negotiate the
transition and which youths experience less favorable outcomes for the
work transition. This study will help us identify the antecedents and
causes for youths experiencing difficulties making the school to work
transition. By comparing these data to comparable data from previous
cohorts, we will be able to identify and understand some of the
dynamics of the labor market and whether and how the experiences of
this cohort of young people differs from those of earlier cohorts.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 97 (NLSY97).
OMB Number: 1220-0157.
Affected Public: Individuals or households and not-for-profit
institutions (secondary schools).
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Estimated
Form Total Frequency Total Average time total burden
respondents responses per response (hours)
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Youth........................ 9,100 Annually........ 9,100 1 hour......... 9,100
Transcript request (letter).. 1,800 Annually........ 1,800 30 minutes..... 900
Validation reinterview....... 1,300 Annually........ 1,300 6 minutes...... 130
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Totals................... 10,900 ................ 12,200 ............... 10,130
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of February, 1998.
W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 98-4670 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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