81_FR_48992 81 FR 48849 - Proposed Collection, Comment Request

81 FR 48849 - Proposed Collection, Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)

Page Range48849-48850
FR Document2016-17613

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 with 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the ``American Time Use Survey.'' 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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48849-48850]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17613]


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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 
with 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. The 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the 
proposed extension of the ``American Time Use Survey.'' 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 
Addresses section of this notice on or before September 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 
of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 
Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also 
may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free 
number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at 
202-691-7763 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The ATUS is the Nation's first federally administered, continuous 
survey on time use in the United States. It measures, for example, time 
spent with children, working, sleeping, or doing leisure activities. In 
the United States, several existing Federal surveys collect income and 
wage data for individuals and families, and analysts often use such 
measures of material prosperity as proxies for quality of life. Time-
use data substantially augment these quality-of-life measures. The data 
also can be used in conjunction with wage data to evaluate the 
contribution of non-market work to national economies. This enables 
comparisons of production between nations that have different mixes of 
market and non-market activities.
    The ATUS develops nationally representative estimates of how people 
spend their time. Respondents also report who was with them during 
activities, where they were, how long each activity lasted, and if they 
were paid. All of this information has numerous practical applications 
for sociologists, economists, educators, government policymakers, 
businesspersons, health researchers, and others, answering the 
following questions:
     Do the ways people use their time vary across demographic 
and labor force characteristics, such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, 
employment status, earnings, and education?
     How much time do parents spend in the company of their 
children, either actively providing care or being with them while 
socializing, relaxing, or doing other things?
     How are earnings related to leisure time--do those with 
higher earnings spend more or less time relaxing and socializing?
     How much time do people spend working at their workplaces 
and in their homes?
    The ATUS data are collected on an ongoing, monthly basis, allowing 
analysts to identify changes in how people spend their time.

II. Current Action

    Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the 
American Time Use Survey.
    This survey collects information on how individuals in the United 
States use their time. Collection is done on a continuous basis with 
the sample drawn monthly. The survey sample is drawn from households 
completing their 8th month of interviews for the Current Population 
Survey (CPS). Households are selected to ensure a nationally-
representative demographic sample, and one individual from each 
household is selected to take part in one Computer Assisted Telephone 
Interview. Interviewers ask respondents to report all of their 
activities for one pre-assigned 24-hour day, the day prior to the 
interview. A short series of summary questions and CPS updates follows 
the core time diary collection. After each full year of collection, 
annual national estimates of time use for an average day, weekday, and 
weekend day are available.
    Because the ATUS sample is a subset of households completing 
interviews for the CPS, the same demographic information collected from 
that survey is available for ATUS respondents. Comparisons of activity 
patterns across characteristics such as sex, race, age, disability 
status, and education of the respondent, as well as the presence of 
children and the number of adults living in the respondent's household, 
are possible.

III. Desired Focus of Comments

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in 
comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including

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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.
     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.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: American Time Use Survey.
    OMB Number: 1220-0175.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Respondents: 11,800.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 11,800.
    Average Time per Response: 17.5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,450 hours.
    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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of July 2016.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2016-17613 Filed 7-25-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 26, 2016 / Notices 48849 • Evaluate whether the proposed financial resources) is minimized, characteristics, such as age, sex, race, collection of information is necessary collection instruments are clearly ethnicity, employment status, earnings, for the proper performance of the understood, and the impact of collection and education? functions of the agency, including requirements on respondents can be • How much time do parents spend whether the information will have properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor in the company of their children, either practical utility; Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments actively providing care or being with • Evaluate the accuracy of the concerning the proposed extension of them while socializing, relaxing, or agency’s estimate of the burden of the the ‘‘American Time Use Survey.’’ A doing other things? proposed collection of information, copy of the proposed information • How are earnings related to leisure including the validity of the collection request (ICR) can be obtained time—do those with higher earnings methodology and assumptions used; by contacting the individual listed spend more or less time relaxing and • Enhance the quality, utility, and below in the Addresses section of this socializing? clarity of the information to be notice. • How much time do people spend collected; and DATES: Written comments must be working at their workplaces and in their • Minimize the burden of the submitted to the office listed in the homes? collection of information on those who Addresses section of this notice on or The ATUS data are collected on an are to respond, including through the before September 26, 2016. ongoing, monthly basis, allowing use of appropriate automated, ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin analysts to identify changes in how electronic, mechanical, or other Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division people spend their time. technological collection techniques or of Management Systems, Bureau of other forms of information technology, II. Current Action Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 e.g., permitting electronic submission of Massachusetts Avenue NE., Office of Management and Budget responses. Washington, DC 20212. Written clearance is being sought for the Agency: DOL–EBSA. comments also may be transmitted by American Time Use Survey. Title of Collection: Statutory fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll This survey collects information on Exemption for Cross-Trading of free number). how individuals in the United States Securities. use their time. Collection is done on a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin OMB Control Number: 1210–0130. continuous basis with the sample drawn Affected Public: Private Sector— Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at 202– 691–7763 (this is not a toll free number). monthly. The survey sample is drawn businesses or other for-profits and not- (See ADDRESSES section.) from households completing their 8th for-profit institutions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: month of interviews for the Current Total Estimated Number of Population Survey (CPS). Households Respondents: 319. I. Background are selected to ensure a nationally- Total Estimated Number of The ATUS is the Nation’s first representative demographic sample, and Responses: 2,870. federally administered, continuous one individual from each household is Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: survey on time use in the United States. selected to take part in one Computer 3,333 hours. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs It measures, for example, time spent Assisted Telephone Interview. Burden: $14,000. with children, working, sleeping, or Interviewers ask respondents to report doing leisure activities. In the United all of their activities for one pre- Dated: July 18, 2016. assigned 24-hour day, the day prior to States, several existing Federal surveys Michel Smyth, collect income and wage data for the interview. A short series of summary Departmental Clearance Officer. individuals and families, and analysts questions and CPS updates follows the [FR Doc. 2016–17555 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] often use such measures of material core time diary collection. After each BILLING CODE 4510–29–P prosperity as proxies for quality of life. full year of collection, annual national Time-use data substantially augment estimates of time use for an average day, these quality-of-life measures. The data weekday, and weekend day are DEPARTMENT OF LABOR also can be used in conjunction with available. wage data to evaluate the contribution Because the ATUS sample is a subset Bureau of Labor Statistics of non-market work to national of households completing interviews for economies. This enables comparisons of the CPS, the same demographic Proposed Collection, Comment production between nations that have information collected from that survey Request different mixes of market and non- is available for ATUS respondents. ACTION: Notice. market activities. Comparisons of activity patterns across The ATUS develops nationally characteristics such as sex, race, age, SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as representative estimates of how people disability status, and education of the part of its continuing effort to reduce spend their time. Respondents also respondent, as well as the presence of paperwork and respondent burden, report who was with them during children and the number of adults living conducts a pre-clearance consultation activities, where they were, how long in the respondent’s household, are program to provide the general public each activity lasted, and if they were possible. and Federal agencies with an paid. All of this information has III. 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48850 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 26, 2016 / Notices whether the information will have and/or continuing collections of 4 a.m. on the day before the interview practical utility. information in accordance with the until 4 a.m. on the day of the interview. • Evaluate the accuracy of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 In the one-time interview, respondents agency’s estimate of the burden of the (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This also report who was with them during proposed collection of information, program helps to ensure that requested the activities, where they were, how including the validity of the data can be provided in the desired long each activity lasted, and if they methodology and assumptions used. format, reporting burden (time and were paid. All of this information has • Enhance the quality, utility, and financial resources) is minimized, numerous practical applications for clarity of the information to be collection instruments are clearly sociologists, economists, educators, collected. understood, and the impact of collection government policymakers, • Minimize the burden of the requirements on respondents can be businesspersons, health researchers, and collection of information on those who properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor others. are to respond, including through the Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments The Leave Supplement supports the use of appropriate automated, concerning the proposed request for a mission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics electronic, mechanical, or other new OMB control number for the by providing relevant information on technological collection techniques or ‘‘Leave Supplement to the American economic and social issues. The data other forms of information technology, Time Use Survey.’’ A copy of the from the proposed Leave Supplement e.g., permitting electronic submissions proposed information collection request can be used for research on the of responses. (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the relationships between work schedules, Type of Review: Extension without individual listed below in the job flexibilities, access to leave, and change of a currently approved ADDRESSES section of this notice. time use. These data enhance the collection. DATES: Written comments must be understanding of peoples’ overall well- Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. submitted to the office listed in the being. The Supplement surveys Title: American Time Use Survey. ADDRESSES section of this notice on or employed wage and salary workers, OMB Number: 1220–0175. before September 26, 2016. except those who are self-employed, Affected Public: Individuals or aged 15 and up from a nationally ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin households. representative sample of approximately Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 2,100 sample households each month. Total Respondents: 11,800. of Management Systems, Bureau of Frequency: Annually. The proposed Leave Supplement will Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 collect data about workers’ access to and Total Responses: 11,800. Massachusetts Avenue NE., Average Time per Response: 17.5 use of paid and unpaid leave, job Washington, DC 20212. Written flexibility, and their work schedules. minutes. comments also may be transmitted by Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,450 The collection of the Leave Supplement fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll in 2017 is the second effort to gather hours. free number). data on workers’ access to paid and Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin unpaid leave. A Leave Supplement $0. Total Burden Cost (operating/ Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at 202– similar to the one being proposed was maintenance): $0. 691–7763 (this is not a toll free number). attached to the ATUS in 2011 and Comments submitted in response to (See ADDRESSES section.) collected under the ATUS OMB Number this notice will be summarized and/or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1220–0175. The proposed 2017 Leave included in the request for Office of Supplement includes several questions I. Background Management and Budget approval of the that were not included in the 2011 The American Time Use Survey Supplement. This includes questions information collection request; they also (ATUS) is the Nation’s first federally about shift work, advance notice of will become a matter of public record. administered, continuous survey on work schedules, workers’ control over Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of time use in the United States. It their schedules, flexible start and stop July 2016. measures, for example, time spent with times, and work at home arrangements. Kimberley Hill, children, working, sleeping, or doing These questions will provide an Chief, Division of Management Systems, leisure activities. In the United States, additional dimension to analyses of Bureau of Labor Statistics. several existing Federal surveys collect workers’ job flexibility data. [FR Doc. 2016–17613 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] income and wage data for individuals BILLING CODE 4510–24–P and families, and analysts often use II. Current Action such measures of material prosperity as Office of Management and Budget proxies for quality of life. Time-use data clearance for a new OMB control DEPARTMENT OF LABOR substantially augment these quality-of- number is being sought for the Leave life measures. The data also can be used Supplement to the American Time Use Bureau of Labor Statistics in conjunction with wage data to Survey. evaluate the contribution of non-market Data about leave currently are Proposed Collection, Comment work to national economies. This available from the BLS National Request enables comparisons of production Compensation Survey, but these data ACTION: Notice. between nations that have different are collected from establishments and mixes of market and non-market do not include information about srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as activities. workers’ demographic and household part of its continuing effort to reduce The ATUS is used to develop characteristics. The proposed questions paperwork and respondent burden, nationally representative estimates of will provide information about workers’ conducts a pre-clearance consultation how people spend their time. This is access to leave from workers’ program to provide the general public done by collecting a time diary about perspectives and by various and Federal agencies with an the activities survey respondents did characteristics such as their sex, opportunity to comment on proposed over a 24-hour period ‘‘yesterday,’’ from ethnicity, race, and the presence and age VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:28 Jul 25, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1


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