National Agriculture Workers Survey
(NAWS) provides an understanding of the manpower resources
available to U.S. agriculture. It is the national source of
information on the demographic, occupational health and employment
characteristics of hired crop workers.
There will be a net decrease of
131 burden hours, which is associated with corrections to the
formula for estimating the number of employers that will need to be
contacted in order to interview the target sample size of 1,500
crop workers over the three interview cycles of FY 2022. Although
ETA based the previous employer burden estimates on a target sample
size of 1,500 crop workers, it incorrectly included in its estimate
of employer burden the hours associated with employers who couldn’t
be located and screened for eligibility. There is no employer
engagement (burden) when the employer can’t be located and screened
for eligibility. Correcting this calculation resulted in a decrease
of 137 burden hours. There is an increase of 6 hours associated
with contacts with eligible employers. Two factors are associated
with this increase: 1) the employer eligibility rate; and 2) the
average number of crop workers interviewed per employer. In the
last submission, the employer eligibility rate was 38 percent. With
this submission, ETA assumes that the eligibility rate will be 32
percent, the rate it was in FY 2020. The lower eligibility rate
means that interviewers will need to contact more employers to
identify eligible employers. The average number of crop workers
interviewed per farm has also decreased (from 3.8 to 3.5), which
means that interviewers will need to contact more eligible
employers to interview the target sample size of crop workers. The
net change in burden hours is – 131 (-137 + 6 = -131). Although ETA
is seeking approval to add new questions to the NAWS with this
request, the average time per crop worker respondent remains at 45
minutes. This is because, beginning in FY 2021, ETA ceased
administering 13 questions on education and training and 4
questions on preventive health. In addition, beginning in the
second interview cycle of FY 2022, ETA will cease administering a
question to female respondents concerning cervical cancer testing,
and a question to all respondents concerning lifetime diagnosis of
HIV AIDS. Through pilot testing of the questionnaire that includes
the COVID questions with contractor staff, the contractor found
that the average time per respondent was 45 minutes.
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.
Summary of Nonresponse and Design Studies.docx
CEO Approval.pdf
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