This information
collection request is cleared subject to the following conditions:
1) Revise the justification discussing the purpose of collecting
the occupational safety and health data per discussions with the
PHS clearance office, 2) Add two questions to the smoking section -
one querying whether the respondent lives with a smoker, the other
asking about smoking in the respondent's work environment and his
or her level of discomfort due to the smoking, 3) Insert a
follow-up question after each question on whether the respondent
filed a worker's compensation claim to determine whether the worker
received compensation for the injury, 4) Use the BLS SDS injury
categories for the responses describing the kind of injury in
question 6, page 18, 4) Insert "permanently" into question 21, 5)
The bulk of the NHIS may proceed as scheduled, however, the
occupational safety and health supplement may not be started until
the above changes are made, and 6) The AIDS supplement only has
approval through February 29,1988, by which time the revise AIDS
supplement should have been submitted and received approval to
replace the current supplement.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/1989
03/31/1989
03/31/1988
48,500
0
122,400
64,990
0
49,279
0
0
0
THE NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY,
AN ONGOING SURVEY OF THE CIVILIAN, NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION,
MONITORS THE NATION'S HEALTH. THE 1988 NHIS WILL INCLUDE
SUPPLEMENTS ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CHILD HEALTH, MEDICAL DEVICE
IMPLANTS, ALCOHOL AND AIDS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.