Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, 36420 [2020-12936]

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• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 36420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12936]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before July 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony May by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BLS Authorizing Statute Title 29 sections 1 
and 2 authorize this information collection. The National Longitudinal 
Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a representative national sample of 
persons who were born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. 
in 1978. These respondents were ages 14 to 22 when the first round of 
interviews began in 1979; they will be ages 55 to 62 as of December 31, 
2019. The NLSY79 was conducted annually from 1979 to 1994 and has been 
conducted biennially since 1994. The longitudinal focus of this survey 
requires information to be collected from the same individuals over 
many years in order to trace their education, training, work 
experience, fertility, income, and program participation.
    In addition to the main NLSY79, the biological children of female 
NLSY79 respondents have been surveyed since 1986. A battery of child 
cognitive, socio-emotional, and physiological assessments was 
administered biennially from 1986 until 2012 to NLSY79 mothers and 
their children. Starting in 1994, children who had reached age 15 by 
December 31 of the survey year (the Young Adults) were interviewed 
about their work experiences, training, schooling, health, fertility, 
self-esteem, and other topics. Funding for the NLSY79 Child and Young 
Adult surveys is provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 
Institute of Child Health and Human Development through an interagency 
agreement with the BLS and through a grant awarded to researchers at 
the Ohio State University Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR). 
The interagency agreement funds data collection for children and young 
adults up to age 24. The grant funds data collection for young adults 
age 25 and older.
    One of the goals of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to produce and 
disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant information about the U.S. 
labor force. The BLS contributes to this goal by gathering information 
about the labor force and labor market and disseminating it to 
policymakers and the public so that participants in those markets can 
make more informed, and thus more efficient, choices. Research based on 
the NLSY79 contributes to the formation of national policy in the areas 
of education, training, employment programs, school-to-work 
transitions, and preparations for retirement. The Round 29 
questionnaire, in addition to other changes, includes questions to 
collect some of the effects the coronavirus pandemic had on the 
employment, health, wealth, and retirement expectations of the NLSY79 
cohort's lives.
    For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the 
related notice published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2019 
(84 CFR 71475). This information collection is subject to the PRA. A 
Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an 
information collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
does not display a valid OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0109.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,305.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 11,405.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 14,357 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: June 10, 2020.
Anthony May,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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