Y. Burden Table

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Overview

Burden Table
Assumptions

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Sheet 1: Burden Table

						Responsive					Non-Responsive
Respondent Category	Type of respondents	Release	Instruments	Appendix	Sample Size	Number of respondents	Frequency of response	Total Annual responses	Hours per response	Annual burden (hours)	Number of Non-respondents	Frequency of response	Total Annual responses	Hours per response	Annual burden (hours)	Grand Total Annual Burden Estimate (hours)	Hourly rate	Cost
Individual/ Household	Survey participants	1	Survey Invitation	C1/C2	6,600	5,280	1	5,280	0.0334	176	1,320	1	1,320	0.0334	44.088	220	$7.25	$1,598
			Study Brochure	D	6,600	5,280	1	5,280	0.0334	176	1,320	1	1,320	0.0334	44.088	220	$7.25	$1,598
			Endorsement Letter	E1/E2	6,600	5,280	1	5,280	0.0334	176	1,320	1	1,320	0.0334	44.088	220	$7.25	$1,598
			First Survey Reminder Letter	F1/F2	5,775	3,465	1	3,465	0.0334	116	2,310	1	2,310	0.0334	77.154	193	$7.25	$1,398
			Second Survey Reminder Letter	G1/G2	4,620	1,848	1	1,848	0.0334	62	2,772	1	2,772	0.0334	92.585	154	$7.25	$1,119
			Survey Door Hanger	H	3,465	3,292	1	3,292	0.0167	55	173	1	173	0.0167	2.889	58	$7.25	$420
			Survey Refusal Letter	J1/J2	1,320	1,056	1	1,056	0.0334	35	264	1	264	0.0334	8.818	44	$7.25	$320
			Thank You Letter	K1/K2	726	726	1	726	0.0167	12	0	0	-	0.0167	-	12	$7.25	$88
			Household Survey	S1/S2/S3	6,600	2,200	1	2,200	0.5845	1,286	4,400	1	4,400	0.0000	-	1,286	$7.25	$9,323
		2	Survey Invitation	C1/C2	8,800	7,040	1	7,040	0.0334	235	1,760	1	1,760	0.0334	58.784	294	$7.25	$2,131
			Study Brochure	D	8,800	7,040	1	7,040	0.0334	235	1,760	1	1,760	0.0334	58.784	294	$7.25	$2,131
			Endorsement Letter	E1/E2	8,800	7,040	1	7,040	0.0334	235	1,760	1	1,760	0.0334	58.784	294	$7.25	$2,131
			First Survey Reminder Letter	F1/F2	7,700	4,620	1	4,620	0.0334	154	3,080	1	3,080	0.0334	102.872	257	$7.25	$1,865
			Second Survey Reminder Letter	G1/G2	6,160	2,464	1	2,464	0.0334	82	3,696	1	3,696	0.0334	123.446	206	$7.25	$1,492
			Survey Door Hanger	H	4,620	4,389	1	4,389	0.0167	73	231	1	231	0.0167	3.858	77	$7.25	$559
			Survey Refusal Letter	J1/J2	1,760	1,408	1	1,408	0.0334	47	352	1	352	0.0334	11.757	59	$7.25	$426
			Thank You Letter	K1/K2	968	968	1	968	0.0167	16	0	0	-	0.0167	-	16	$7.25	$117
			Household Survey	S1/S2/S3	8,800	2,933	1	2,933	0.5845	1,714	5,867	1	5,867	0.0000	-	1,714	$7.25	$12,429
		3	Survey Invitation	C1/C2	4,400	3,520	1	3,520	0.0334	118	880	1	880	0.0334	29.392	147	$7.25	$1,065
			Study Brochure	D	4,400	3,520	1	3,520	0.0334	118	880	1	880	0.0334	29.392	147	$7.25	$1,065
			Endorsement Letter	E1/E2	4,400	3,520	1	3,520	0.0334	118	880	1	880	0.0334	29.392	147	$7.25	$1,065
			First Survey Reminder Letter	F1/F2	3,850	2,310	1	2,310	0.0334	77	1,540	1	1,540	0.0334	51.436	129	$7.25	$932
			Second Survey Reminder Letter	G1/G2	3,080	1,232	1	1,232	0.0334	41	1,848	1	1,848	0.0334	61.723	103	$7.25	$746
			Survey Door Hanger	H	2,310	2,195	1	2,195	0.0167	37	115	1	115	0.0167	1.921	39	$7.25	$280
			Survey Refusal Letter	J1/J2	880	704	1	704	0.0334	24	176	1	176	0.0334	5.878	29	$7.25	$213
			Thank You Letter	K1/K2	484	484	1	484	0.0167	8	0	0	-	0.0167	-	8	$7.25	$59
			Household Survey	S1/S2/S3	4,400	1,467	1	1,467	0.5845	857	2,933	1	2,933	0.0000	-	857	$7.25	$6,217
	IDI participants		IDI Invitation Call Script	L1/L2	624	562	1	562	0.1002	56	62	1	62	0.1002	6.212	63	$7.25	$453
			IDI Confirmation Letter/Email	M1/M2	624	156	1	156	0.0167	3	468	1	468	0.0167	7.816	10	$7.25	$76
			IDI Reminder Call Script	N1/N2	624	156	1	156	0.0334	5	468	1	468	0.0334	15.631	21	$7.25	$151
			IDI Consent Form	O1/O2	624	156	1	156	0.0334	5	468	1	468	0.0334	15.631	21	$7.25	$151
			IDI Interview Guide	P1/P2	624	156	1	156	2.0000	312	468	1	468	0.0000	-	312	$7.25	$2,262
Individual/ Household Sub-Total					20,112	16,121	5.36	86,467	0.0771	6,666	3,991	10.92	43,571	0.0226	986.419	7,652.101		$55,477.73
Business (Profit, Non-Profit, or Farm)	Focus groups		Focus Group Consent Form	Q1	96	36	1	36	0.0334	1	60	1	60	0.0334	2.004	3	$25.94	$83
			Focus Group Discussion Guide	Q2	96	36	1	36	1.5000	54	60	1	60	0.0000	-	54	$25.94	$1,401
			Focus Group Invitation	Q3	96	36	1	36	0.0167	1	60	1	60	0.0167	1.002	2	$25.94	$42
			Study Description	R	96	36	1	36	0.0334	1	60	1	60	0.0334	2.004	3	$25.94	$83
Business (Profit, Non-Profit, or Farm) Sub-Total					96	36	4.000	144	0.396	57	60	4	240	0.021	5	62		$1,608.70
State, Local, or Tribal Government	State or county staff		SNAP Agency Data Request	B	7	7	1	7	8.0000	56	0	0	-	8.0000	-	56	$78.88	$4,417
	State or local police station staff		Police Station Letter	I	38	31	1	31	0.0167	1	7	1	7	0.0167	0.117	1	$78.88	$50
			Study Description	R	38	31	1	31	0.0334	1	7	1	7	0.0334	0.234	1.3	$78.88	$100
	Focus groups		Focus Group Consent Form	Q1	24	12	1	12	0.0334	0	12	1	12	0.0334	0.401	1	$78.88	$63
			Focus Group Discussion Guide	Q2	24	12	1	12	1.5000	18	12	1	12	0.0000	-	18	$78.88	$1,420
			Focus Group Invitation	Q3	24	12	1	12	0.0167	0	12	1	12	0.0167	0.200	0	$78.88	$32
			Study Description	R	24	12	1	12	0.0334	0	12	1	12	0.0334	0.401	1	$78.88	$63
State, Local, or Tribal Government Sub-Total					69	50	2.34	117	0.654	76.555	19	3.263	62	0.022	1.353	78		$6,145.55
COMBINED TOTAL					20,277	16,207		86,728		6,799	4,070	18	43,873		993	7,792.02		$63,231.97
Sources: Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (http://www.dol.gov/whd/minimumwage.htm). Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, May 2021. (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm). Individual/Household: Federal minimum wage. Business (Profit, Non-Profit, or Farm): Average hourly earnings of Social and Community Service Management Occupations. State, Local, or Tribal Government: Average hourly earnings of Management Occupations. State, Local, or Tribal Government.
														Number of responses per respondent (includes respondents and non-respondents				6.4408
														Total Annual Responses				130,601
														Estimated time per respondent				0.0597
														Total annual burden hours (respondent + nonrespondent				7,792
														Number of responses per survey respt				0.3620
														Total survey responses				130,038
														Estimated time per survey respt				0.0588
														Number of responses per State respt				2.5942
														Total state responses				179
														Estimated time per State respt				0.4352

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Sheet 2: Assumptions

Cell	Document	Sample Size Assumption	Notes
C3	Survey Invitation	19,800	Sample of all participants who receive initial letter+brochure
C4	Study Brochure	19,800	Sample of all participants who receive initial letter+brochure
C5	Endorsement Letter	19,800	Sample of all participants who receive initial letter+brochure
C6	First Survey Reminder Letter	17,325	Send 1st survey reminder 2 weeks after start
C7	Second Survey Reminder Letter	13,860	Send 2nd survey reminder 8 weeks after start
C8	Survey Door Hanger	10,395	Use door hanger 8 weeks after start
C9	Survey Refusal Letter	3,960	Send refusal letters between 4-8 weeks after participant refusal
C10	Thank You Letter	2,178	Respondents who are mailed thank you letter for participation - just phone and web completes
C11	Household survey	19,800	Sample of all participants invited to participate in the survey
C12	IDI Invitation Call Script	624	Respondents invited to participate in the IDI. Half of these sample members will have completed the household survey, while the other half will be household members who were not included in the survey sample.
C13	IDI Confirmation Letter/Email	624	Send IDI confirmation letter/email
C14	IDI Reminder Call Script	624	Send reminder call script
C15	IDI Consent Form	624	Use consent form with IDI
C16	IDI Interview Guide	624	Respondents invited to complete IDI
C17	Total Individual/HH Respondents	20,112	19,800 household survey sample members + 312 IDI sample members (the half of the IDI sample that is not included in the HH survey sample)
C18	Focus Group Consent Form	96	Use consent form with focus groups - community based organizations
C19	Focus Group Discussion Guide	96	Respondents from community based organizations invited to complete focus group
C20	Focus Group Invitation	96	Sample of focus group participants from community based organizations - send invitation letter
C21	Study Description	96	Sample of focus group participants from community based organizations - send study description
C23	SNAP Agency Data Request	7	6 States + 1 County agency provide SNAP administrative data
C24	Police Station Letter	38	Number of police stations to alert regarding field staff
C25	Study Description	38	Number of police stations to alert regarding field staff
C26	Focus Group Consent Form	24	Use consent form with focus groups - State, local or tribal government
C27	Focus Group Discussion Guide	24	Respondents from State, local, or tribal government invited to complete focus group
C28	Focus Group Invitation	24	Sample of focus group participants from State, Local, or Tribal government - send invitation letter
C29	Study Description	24	Sample of focus group participants from State, Local, or Tribal government - send study description
Hourly rate for State agency staff includes 33% adjustment to include fringe benefits
Individuals/Participant: Federal minimum wage = $7.25
State, local, or Tribal agency director/manager: Average hourly earnings of workers in management occupations; = $59.31
State, local, or Tribal agency direct service staff: Average hourly earnings of workers in community and social services occupations;
Private sector for-profit business director/manager: Average hourly earnings of workers in management occupations;
Private sector not-for-profit agency director/manager: Average hourly earnings of social and community services managers = $$ 36.92
Private sector not-for-profit direct service staff : Average hourly earnings of community and social service specialists;