National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II, 1976 : Couple File

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This data collection contains information on fertility, family planning, and related aspects of maternal and child health for 8,611 women aged 15-44 living in the coterminous United States who were...

This data collection contains information on fertility, family planning, and related aspects of maternal and child health for 8,611 women aged 15-44 living in the coterminous United States who were either currently married, previously married, or never married but had offspring living in the household in 1976. The data have been utilized by the National Center for Health Statistics as the basis for a series of reports on the determinants and consequences of patterns of family formation and fertility in the United States. This release of Cycle II of the 1976 Survey of Family Growth data contains extensive information on respondents' methods of family planning, prenatal and postnatal health care, family size preferences, and child care usage. Other demographic variables provide information on respondent's family, marital, and employment histories, date of birth, race, ethnicity, religion, education, occupation, and income. Additional information about the respondents can be found in the related collection, NATIONAL SURVEY OF FAMILY GROWTH, CYCLE II, 1976: INTERVAL FILE (ICPSR 8181).Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07902.v2

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