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United States National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2010

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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 
01/2006 - 12/2010
Series or system 
United States National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) is a survey based on a nationally representative sample of the household population of the United States, aged 15-44. The 2006-2010 NFGS produced estimates concerning: factors affecting pregnancy (including sexual activity, contraceptive use, and infertility); the medical care associated with contraception, infertility, and childbirth; marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and adoption; adoption and care of non-biological children; involvement of fathers; attitudes about sex, childbearing, and marriage.

The 2006-2010 NFGS was the first time the survey was fielded with a continuous design. Data collection was completed using computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) and audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) was utilized for one section to give privacy to respondents. Black, Hispanic, teenage, and female respondents were sampled at higher rates than others.

Keywords 
Abortion, Alcohol use, Assets, Birth control pills, Body mass index, Child mortality, Children, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Counseling, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Female infertility, Fertility, Gonococcal infections, Health education, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Illicit drug use, Income, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Interventions, Male infertility, Marital status, Marriage age, Maternal age, Maternal health, Medical tests, Military service, Multiple births, Pap smears, Physical examinations, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Race, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Reproductive health, STDs, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Stillbirths, Syphilis, Therapies, Traditional birth control, Weight, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022