Data & Documentation
IFSS Data
The component studies of the IFSS project are publicly available through ICPSR, including the 1955 and 1960 GAF, 1965 and 1970 NFS, and 1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1995, and 2002 NSFG. Each study contains the scope of each survey, a brief description of study methodology, information on how to access each dataset, and links to related literature.
- Growth of American Families, 1955 (ICPSR 20000)
- Growth of American Families, 1960 (ICPSR 20001)
- National Fertility Survey, 1965 (ICPSR 20002)
- National Fertility Survey, 1970 (ICPSR 20003)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle I, 1973 (ICPSR 7898)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II, 1976: Couple File (ICPSR 7902)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II, 1976: Interval File (ICPSR 8181)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle III, 1982 (ICPSR 8328)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle IV, 1988 (ICPSR 9473)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle V, 1995 (ICPSR 6960)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle VI, 2002 (ICPSR 4157)
Online Data Analysis of IFSS Studies Using Survey Documentation Analysis (SDA)
ICPSR provides online data analysis for all the IFSS studies through SDA. SDA allows users to run both simple and complex analyses, recode and compute new variables, subset variables or cases for downloading, and browse codebooks online.
- Growth of American Families, 1955 (ICPSR 20000)
- Growth of American Families, 1960 (ICPSR 20001)
- National Fertility Survey, 1965 (ICPSR 20002)
- National Fertility Survey, 1970 (ICPSR 20003)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle I, 1973 (ICPSR 7898)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II, 1976: Couple File (ICPSR 7902)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II, 1976: Interval File (ICPSR 8181)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle III, 1982 (ICPSR 8328)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle IV, 1988 (ICPSR 9473)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle V, 1995 (ICPSR 6960)
- National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle VI, 2002 (ICPSR 4157)