National Survey of Family Growth - Wave 5 (1995) Respondent File

DOI

10.17605/OSF.IO/Z3PRV

Summary

These surveys were based on personal interviews conducted in the homes of a national sample of women 15-44 years of age in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The main purpose of the survey was to provide reliable national data on marriage, divorce, contraception, infertility, and the health of women and infants in the United States. The survey contains key religion variables that may relate to these goals.

The respondent file uses each respondent as the unit of analysis and contains detailed fertility and contraceptive, as well as extensive respondent demographics and personal histories. The recodes were created to simpify analyses, and are provided for key variables in virtually every topic.

Using the common identification number (CASEID), and the pregnancy number (PREGORDR), the interval and respondent files can be merged to produce a file containing both respondent information and pregnancy information. The resulting file can be either respondent-based (up to 10,847 records) or interval-based (up to 21,332 records).

The ARDA has added five additional variables to the original data set to enhance the users' experience on our site.

Data File

Cases: 10847
Variables: 1353
Weight Variable: WEIGHT

Data Collection

January 1995-October 1995

Funded By

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Collection Procedures

In-person interviews conducted using laptop software.

Sampling Procedures

National probability sample. See the related publication "National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 5: Design, Estimation, and Inference" for more information.

Principal Investigators

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Related Publications

NSFG Cycle 5 User's Guide: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NSFG/Cycle5Codebook-UsersGuide.pdf

Abma J., Chandra A., Mosher W., Peterson L., Piccinino L. "Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's health: New Data From the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth." National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and Health Stat 23(19).
The full text is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_019.pdf

Methodological publications:
Kelly J.E., Mosher W.D., Duffer A.P., Kinsey S.H. "Plan and Operation of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth." Vital and Health Stat 1(36).
The full text is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_01/sr01_036.pdf

Potter F.J., Iannachione V.G., Mosher W.D., Mason R.E., Kavee J.D. "National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 5: Design, Estimation, and Inference. Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2 (124).
The full text is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_124.pdf