The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is
the Nation's first federally administered, continuous survey on
time use in the United States. It measures, for example, time spent
with children, working, sleeping, or doing leisure activities. The
Well-being Module questions will be asked immediately after the
ATUS and will follow up on some of the information ATUS respondents
provide in their time diary. The Well-being Module will collect
information about how people experience their time, specifically
how happy, tired, sad, stressed, and in pain they felt
yesterday.
US Code:
29 USC 1 and 2 Name of Law: BLS Authorizing Statue
US Code: 13 USC
9 Name of Law: Census Confidentiality Statue
The nearly 1100 increase in
burden hours in the BLS information collection budget is a result
of the reinstatement of the Well-being Module in 2012, using a new
Control Number. The overall respondent burden is expected to be
greater for the 2012 Well-being Module than it was for the 2010
Well-being Module. Average response time is estimated to increase
slightly from the 2010 Well-being Module because two questions are
proposed for addition in 2012. The 2010 Well-being Module lasted
4.5 minutes, but the 2012 Well-being Module is expected to average
5 minutes per respondent. The number of respondents to the 2012
Well-being Module is expected to be about the same as in 2010, when
there were approximately 12,800 respondents.
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.