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United States National Survey of Family Growth 1982

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General Info
Provider 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1982 - 08/1982
Series or system 
United States National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

Based on a nationally representative sample of 7,969 women 15-44 years of age, the 1982 National Survey of Family Growth produced estimates concerning: factors affecting pregnancy (including sexual activity, contraceptive use, and infertility); the medical care associated with contraception, infertility, and childbirth; marriage, divorce, and cohabitation; adoption and care of non-biological children; attitudes about sex, childbearing, and marriage.

The 1982 NSFG was the third cycle of the survey. Interviews were conducted in person by female interviewers.

Keywords 
Abortion, Alcohol use, Antenatal care, Asthma, Bacterial skin diseases, Birth control pills, Birth place, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Clinical breast exams, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Contraceptives, Counseling, Diarrhea, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Family planning, Female infertility, Fertility, Health education, Health insurance, Health literacy, Hysterectomy, IUDs, Income, Infant mortality, Injuries, Live births, Male infertility, Marital status, Marriage age, Maternal age, Maternal health, Medical tests, Menstruation, Multiple births, Occupations, Pap smears, Parents, Personal health expenditures, Pneumococcal pneumonia, Poisonings, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Public social assistance, Race, Religion, Reproductive health, Scabies, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skin diseases, Stillbirths, Surgical procedures, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Upper respiratory infections, Abortive outcome, Sexual violence
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