97-19604. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40100-40101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19604]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on [phone].
    National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: ACASI Field Test 2--New--
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 
will conduct a field test in October-December, 1997, to examine 
alternative designs for an Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interview 
(ACASI) version of the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) 
questionnaire. The experimental design will compare variations in skip 
patterns, automatic internal consistency checks, number of chances to 
report use of substance. The basic questionnaire content will be 
identical to the 1997 NHSDA questionnaire. Approximately 2,300 
interviews will be conducted with persons age 12 and older. A 
standardized set of respondent debriefing questions will be 
administered to the field test sample and to 750 respondents to the 
ongoing 1997 NHSDA. The estimated response burden for the field test is 
shown below:

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                                                       No.of       Responses per     Hours per     Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours    
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Electronic Household Screener...................          16,179               1           0.05              809
Electronic Questionaire, Debriefing and                                                                         
 Verification Form..............................           2,256               1           0.92            2,076
Screening Verification..........................             485               1           0.067              33
Interview Verification..........................             338               1           0.067              23
Debriefing Questions for 1997 NHSDA Respondents.             750               1           0.12               90
    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,031
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: June 16, 1997.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 97-19604 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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