National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle III, 1982 United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics adoption birth birth control birth expectations families family background family planning family size fertility fertility rates pregnancy reproductive history womens health care IFSS.I ICPSR.XVII.H RCMD.V This data collection provides information on fertility, family formation, contraception, and related issues for 7,969 women aged 15-44 irrespective of marital status in the United States in 1982. The study consists of data covering a wide range of background characteristics, a number of measures of fertility and contraception, measures of fecundity and birth expectations, use of family planning services, and detailed pregnancy histories. Demographic items specify age, marital history, education, income, occupation, race, ethnicity, residence, and religion. 2010-04-13 survey data 8328 10.3886/ICPSR08328.v4 personal interviews United States 1982 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).