National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Updates

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Updates

NSFG - National Survey of Family Growth Homepage

The new public use data files from the 2006-2010 NSFG have been released on the NSFG webpage today (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm).   

These data files are based on interviews conducted from June 2006 through June 2010.  These files contain the 13,495 cases from the 2006-2008 NSFG release with the addition of 9,187 new cases interviewed in 2009 and 2010, for a total data file of 22,682 interviews with men and women 15-44 years of age. The previous 2006-2008 NSFG documentation has been replaced with documentation for the full four-year 2006-2010 NSFG data files.  
The newly released materials for the 2006-2010 NSFG include:
·         ASCII data files (male respondent, female respondent, female pregnancy)
·         Program statements (setup files) for SAS, Stata, and SPSS
·         Codebook documentation
·         Questionnaires
·         User’s Guide  
The first report based on these new 2006-2010 data has also been released today:  
“Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth” by Gladys Martinez, Casey Copen, and Joyce Abma http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_031.pdf

Contact Us:
National Survey of Family Growth Staff
Division of Vital Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
(301) 458-4222
NSFG@cdc.gov

Announcements

• The 2006-2010 NSFG Public Use Data files, Codebooks, and Documentation are now available for download. See the 2006-2010 NSFG: Public Use Data files, Codebooks, and Documentation webpage for the ASCII data files, program (setup) files, User's Guide, codebook documentation, and questionnaires. (10/2011)
• The 2006-2008 NSFG ACASI files are now available for statistical research purposes. The ACASI files are provided to researchers free of charge, upon written request. See the 2006-2010 NSFG: Public Use Data files, Codebooks, and Documentation webpage for details. (3/2011)

Publications

• Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth  [PDF - 692 KB] (10/2011)
• Sexual Behavior, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Identity in the United States: Data from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth  [PDF - 603] (3/2011)