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of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Proposed Project: 2013 National Survey
on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Dress
Rehearsal (OMB No. 0930–0334)—
Revision
The National Survey on Drug Use and
Health (NSDUH) is a survey of the
civilian, non-institutionalized
population of the United States 12 years
old and older. The data are used to
determine the prevalence of use of
tobacco products, alcohol, illicit
substances, and illicit use of
prescription drugs. The results are used
by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal
government agencies, and other
organizations and researchers to
establish policy, direct program
activities, and better allocate resources.
In order to continue producing
current data, SAMHSA’s Center for
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality
(CBHSQ) must update the NSDUH
periodically to reflect changing
substance abuse and mental health
issues. CBHSQ is in the process of
redesigning the NSDUH for the 2015
survey year. The goals of the overall
redesign are to: (1) Revise the
questionnaire to address changing
policy and research data needs, and (2)
modify the survey methodology to
improve the quality of estimates and the
efficiency of data collection and
processing. To achieve these goals, a
Questionnaire Field Test (QFT) was
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning
opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more
information on the proposed projects or
to obtain a copy of the information
collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276–
1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
conducted in late 2012 to test revisions
to the questionnaire, study materials,
and procedures. A Dress Rehearsal (DR)
is planned for September and October
2013 to further refine and test changes
implemented in the QFT as well as test
all additional changes that have been
identified for the 2015 redesign. These
additional changes include an
assessment of a new lightweight laptop
used to administer the questionnaire,
the addition of a Spanish language
interview that was not included in the
QFT to control costs, and additional
select changes to the NSDUH
questionnaire. The vast majority of
differences in questionnaire content
between the QFT and the proposed DR
are minor. Changes include: (a) The
addition of two sexual orientation
questions to be asked of adults; (b)
routine updates to routing and logic; (c)
minimal changes to question wording
throughout the instrument to clarify
intent; and (d) the deletion of a question
in the Back-end Demographics module
about the number of employees who
work at the respondent’s business.
The DR will consist of 2,000 English
and Spanish-speaking respondents in
the continental United States. The
sample size of the survey will be large
enough to detect differences in key
estimates between data collected using
the annual NSDUH compared to the
redesigned procedures. The total annual
burden estimate is shown below:
ESTIMATED BURDEN FOR 2013 NSDUH DRESS REHEARSAL
Responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Hours per
response
Total
burden
hours
Hourly
wage rate
Annualized
costs
Household Screening ...............................................
Interview ...................................................................
Screening Verification ..............................................
Interview Verification ................................................
3,673
2,000
100
300
1
1
1
1
0.083
1.000
0.067
0.067
305
2,000
6.7
20
$14.54
14.54
14.54
14.54
$4,435
29,080
97
291
Total ..................................................................
3,673
........................
........................
2,332
................
33,903
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Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Written comments should be received
by April 30, 2013.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
Dress Rehearsal (OMB No. 0930-0334)--Revision
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a survey of
the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12
years old and older. The data are used to determine the prevalence of
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use
of prescription drugs. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal
government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate
resources.
In order to continue producing current data, SAMHSA's Center for
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) must update the NSDUH
periodically to reflect changing substance abuse and mental health
issues. CBHSQ is in the process of redesigning the NSDUH for the 2015
survey year. The goals of the overall redesign are to: (1) Revise the
questionnaire to address changing policy and research data needs, and
(2) modify the survey methodology to improve the quality of estimates
and the efficiency of data collection and processing. To achieve these
goals, a Questionnaire Field Test (QFT) was conducted in late 2012 to
test revisions to the questionnaire, study materials, and procedures. A
Dress Rehearsal (DR) is planned for September and October 2013 to
further refine and test changes implemented in the QFT as well as test
all additional changes that have been identified for the 2015 redesign.
These additional changes include an assessment of a new lightweight
laptop used to administer the questionnaire, the addition of a Spanish
language interview that was not included in the QFT to control costs,
and additional select changes to the NSDUH questionnaire. The vast
majority of differences in questionnaire content between the QFT and
the proposed DR are minor. Changes include: (a) The addition of two
sexual orientation questions to be asked of adults; (b) routine updates
to routing and logic; (c) minimal changes to question wording
throughout the instrument to clarify intent; and (d) the deletion of a
question in the Back-end Demographics module about the number of
employees who work at the respondent's business.
The DR will consist of 2,000 English and Spanish-speaking
respondents in the continental United States. The sample size of the
survey will be large enough to detect differences in key estimates
between data collected using the annual NSDUH compared to the
redesigned procedures. The total annual burden estimate is shown below:
Estimated Burden for 2013 NSDUH Dress Rehearsal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total
Instrument Number of Responses per Hours per burden Hourly Annualized
respondents respondent response hours wage rate costs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Household Screening............................................... 3,673 1 0.083 305 $14.54 $4,435
Interview......................................................... 2,000 1 1.000 2,000 14.54 29,080
Screening Verification............................................ 100 1 0.067 6.7 14.54 97
Interview Verification............................................ 300 1 0.067 20 14.54 291
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Total......................................................... 3,673 .............. .............. 2,332 ......... 33,903
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2-1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be received
by April 30, 2013.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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