National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form NHTSA Form 1010 National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats	Form	Modified	Repair queued
NSUBS 2019_Supporting_Statement Part B 12212018.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2019-05-07	Repair queued
NSUBS 2019_Supporting_Statement Part A - 20190424 - JE changes.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2019-05-16	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
26353	National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats	Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2127-0644	ICR Reference No: 201905-2127-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201512-2127-005
Agency/Subagency: DOT/NHTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/10/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/23/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2022	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2019
Responses	4,800	0	4,800
Time Burden (Hours)	340	0	320
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: Responding to the National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats (NSUBS) is on a voluntary basis. All potential survey respondents are asked, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements, for their voluntary participation in the survey. No individual is required to respond to the survey questions, and any participant can refuse to respond to any singular question without consequence. None of their responses will be publically disclosed and no personally identifying information will be collected. That is, their participation is not required to obtain or retain any benefits. The collection is observing, reporting, and is a survey. The collection will be done every other year. The information that would be recorded, maintained in records, and disclosed is intended to provide the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with estimates of child restraint use. It is used by the Agency to design outreach programs to help ensure that more of the nation’s children are using restraints that will protect them in motor vehicle crashes. The survey data will allow programs to better reach the caretakers whose children are unrestrained or not using the best restraint choice for their children’s sizes. The findings may also be of interest to state legislatures wanting to strengthen their child restraint laws by enacting mandatory or enhanced booster seat use provisions. Information collected would be received by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with eventual public reporting of survey results. These files will provide NHTSA with survey data, auxiliary information on state laws, derived analytic variables, and full sample and replicate weights that can be used to create National estimated of child safety restraint use. The survey was previously approved as OMB Control No. 2127-0644 (current expiration Date: 5/31/19). NSUBS was designed to estimate booster seat use among 4- to 7-year-old children. In addition, the survey provides restraint use estimates for all children under 13, race and ethnicity breakouts of restraint use among all occupants in a vehicle, and estimates of the extent to which children are “prematurely transitioned” from one restraint type to others that are inappropriate for their age as well as height and weight. The survey produces bi-annual estimates of: • Restraint use by Age Group • Restraint use by Weight Group • Restraint use by Height Group • Restraint use by OMB Race/Ethnicity The current estimates are based upon observations of restraint use for all passenger vehicle occupants included in the survey, and brief interviews with the vehicle drivers or other knowledgeable adults to determine the age, height, weight, race, and ethnicity of the child occupants. For the 2019 NSUBS and future iterations of the survey NHTSA would like to ask the adult drivers their age in order to analyze the impact of driver age on driver seat belt use and child restraint use. The addition of this question will not impact the cost to the respondent or the annualized cost to the Federal Government.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 106 - 414 1-17 Name of Law: The TREAD Act
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 318 1-7 Name of Law: Anton's Law
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 34912	07/23/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 1819	02/05/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats	NHTSA Form 1010	National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	4,800	4,800	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	340	320	0	20	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is an revision of an increase of 20 burden hours because for the 2019 NSUBS and future iterations of the survey, NHTSA will ask the adult drivers their age in order to analyze the impact of driver age on driver seat belt use and child restraint use. In previous years driver age was estimated based on observation.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $954,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 05/23/2019

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