Non-Substantive Change Request Memo [EO]_ 16APR2025

Non-substantive Change Request

OMB Control Number 0920-0950

[NCHS] National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

Date Submitted: 03/21/2025

Summary of request: CDC/NCHS is requesting a change request to revise questions to align with EO 14168 Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.

Description of Changes Requested: This request updates sex questions used in [NCHS] National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to be in accordance with EO 14168. Please check the boxes below if your request includes:

☒ Revision of an existing question(s)

☐ Deletion of an existing question(s)

Please see Table A for details on the revision.

There is no change in Burden Hours associated with the modifications made to comply with EO 14168.

Table A: Description of Changes (optional, helpful if multiple changes to multiple forms):	Type of Change	Question/Item	Requested Change
			Old Version	Revised Version
Household Screener Questionnaire	Question Revision	SCQGEND	What is your/ [NAME’s] gender? MALE FEMALE ANOTHER GENDER 9. DON’T KNOW 7. REFUSED	Are you/Is [NAME]… Male Female 9. DON’T KNOW 7. REFUSED
Survey Participant Questionnaire	Question Revision	SPQGENDER	For the next question, you may give me more than one answer. Are you/Is [NAME]… INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTION: CODE ALL THAT APPLY. 1. Male 2. Female 3. Transgender, non-binary, or another gender 7. REFUSED 9. DON’T KNOW	Are you/Is [NAME]… INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTION: CODE ALL THAT APPLY. 1. Male 2. Female 7. REFUSED 9. DON’T KNOW
MEC Examination and Interview Data Collection Forms - Post Consent Assessment	Question Revision	MCXSEXATB	To make sure you receive/SP receives the correct report from today’s tests, we need to confirm: What’s your/SP’s sex at birth, was it… 1. Male 2. Female 7. REFUSED 9. DON’T KNOW INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTION: IF ASKED, ‘SEX AT BIRTH’ IS THE SEX NOTED ON THE ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.	To make sure you receive/SP receives the correct report from today’s tests, we need to confirm: What’s your/SP’s sex, is it… 1. Male 2. Female 7. REFUSED 9. DON’T KNOW INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTION: IF ASKED, ‘SEX’ IS THE SEX NOTED ON THE ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.