95-20660. Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43435-43436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20660]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    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: 1996 National Content Survey - Reinterview Instruments.
    Form Number(s): None-computer screens.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 17,010 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 34,020.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 1996 National Content Survey (NCS) will play a 
crucial role in determining the subject content and specific question 
wording of the 2000 census questionnaires. In addition, the survey will 
provide critical information for formulating and refining decisions 
regarding questionnaire design, population coverage, data capture 
technology, and administrative records notification. The survey will 
also test certain race and ethnic issues. A reinterview will be 
conducted to assess the accuracy and reliability of the information 
collected in the survey. Telephone reinterviews will be conducted using 
CATI software with households who complete and mail back a survey form. 
Both simple-form and sample-form recipients will be included in 
reinterview. The simple-form reinterview is designed to assess whether 
alternative rostering techniques result in higher within-household 
coverage error and to analyze content of the race and Hispanic origin 
questions. The sample-form reinterview is designed to measure the 
reliability of multiple question versions by comparing responses from 
the 1996 NCS to responses in the reinterview.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 

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5312, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 16, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-20660 Filed 8-18-95; 8:45 am]
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