National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), United States, 2011-2019 (ICPSR 38009)

Version Date: Sep 13, 2021

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Principal Investigator(s):
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38009.v1

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Summary

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) website) directly for details on obtaining the data.

The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on pregnancy and births, marriage and cohabitation, infertility, use of contraception, family life, and general and reproductive health. The survey sample is designed to produce national data, not estimates for individual states. Beginning in 1973, NSFG was designed to be nationally representative of ever-married women 15-44 years of age in the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States (household population). Later sample changes to NSFG include:

  • Interviewing women aged 15-44 regardless of marital experience (1982)
  • Interviewing an independent sample of men aged 15-44 (2002)
  • Expanding the age range for women and men to 15-49 (2015)
    • Grandparent-Parent-Adult Child triplets: ~1,400

For the 2011-2019 continuous interviewing period, four sets of 2-year public-use data files were released:

  • 2011-2013 NSFG: 10,416 respondents aged 15-44 (5,601 women and 4,815 men)
  • 2013-2015 NSFG: 10,205 respondents aged 15-44 (5,699 women and 4,506 men)
  • 2015-2017 NSFG: 10,094 respondents aged 15-49 (5,554 women and 4,540 men)
  • 2017-2019 NSFG: 11,347 respondents aged 15-49 (6,141 women and 5,206 men)

Public-use data files and related documentation, including questionnaires, codebooks, and design and operations reports, can be found for each release on the NSFG Questionnaires, Datasets, and Related Documentation page.

Citation

National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), United States, 2011-2019. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-09-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38009.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics, United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Population Affairs, United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office on Women's Health, United States. Children's Bureau, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Reproductive Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of STD Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Birth Defects and Development Disabilities, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Adolescent and School Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2011 -- 2013, 2013 -- 2015, 2015 -- 2017, 2017 -- 2019

Date of Collection

2011-09 -- 2013-09, 2013-09 -- 2015-09, 2015-09 -- 2017-09, 2017-09 -- 2019-09

Data Collection Notes

  1. The data for this collection are available through the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) website.
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Sample

A national probability sample of women and men aged 15-44 living in households in the United States. Beginning in September 2015, the NSFG age range expanded from 15-44 to 15-49. Teenagers aged 15-19, Non-Hispanic black persons of all ages, and Hispanic persons of all ages were oversampled.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend / Repeated Cross-section

Universe

The civilian noninstitutionalized population of women and men 15-44 years of age in the United States, whose usual place of residence is the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Beginning in September 2015, the NSFG age range expanded from 15-44 to 15-49.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2021-09-13

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.