National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Files

This series contains information from personal interviews of a national sample of women 15 to 44 years of age in the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Information includes respondents' prenatal and postnatal medical care, breast feeding, care and health of childr en, family planning, birth control, pregnancy history, fecundity and infertility, abortions, adoption, tobacco usage, family background, marital history, cohabitation, sexual history, sexually transmitted diseases / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), insurance, demographic characteristics, education, employment history, and income.

The information available varies by survey year. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.