The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health. The survey results are used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and others to plan health services and health education programs, and to do statistical studies of families, fertility, and health. Years included: 1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2006-2010; Data use agreement at time of file download:

The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on pregnancies and births, marriage and cohabitation, infertility, use of contraception, family life, and general and reproductive health. Restricted-use files include contextual data, restricted-use analytic variables, paradata, and interviewer observation data. Geographic information can be used to link NSFG to external data files. Estimates cannot be made for specific geographic areas. Contents of restricted-use files varies over time.

'The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) is designed and administered by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), an agency with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/CDC)....Since the NSFG began in 1973, there have been 10 data release files. 'The purpose of the survey is to produce reliable national estimates of: - Factors affecting pregnancy, including sexual activity, contraceptive use, and infertility; - The medical care associated with contraception, infertility, and childbirth; - Factors affecting marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and family building; - Adoption and caring for nonbiological children - Father involvement with their children; - Use of sexual and reproductive health services; and - Attitudes about sex, childbearing, and marriage.'...The survey contains key religion variables that may relate to these topics. 'The survey results are used by the U.S. DHHS [Department of Health and Human Services] and other research and policy organizations to help to understand the use of health services and health education programs, and to do statistical studies on the topics listed above, among others.' ("https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nsfg/NSFG_2015_2017_UserGuide_MainText.pdf" Target="_blank">NSFG 2015-2017 User's Guide: Main Text) Each wave of the NSFG survey contains a Female Respondent Survey, Male Respondent Survey, and a Pregnancy Survey. This is the Female Respondent Survey.

The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on pregnancies and births, marriage and cohabitation, infertility, use of contraception, family life, and general and reproductive health. Public-use files include a female respondent, male respondent, and female pregnancy file.