2013-2015 NSFG Codebooks
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The 2013-2015 NSFG codebook documentation for all three public-use data files (female respondent file, female pregnancy file, male file) is provided below. See the 2013-2015 User’s Guide or more information on using these codebooks.
Female Pregnancy File Codebook
Female Respondent File Codebook
- Respondent ID and Selected Screener Items – 508 [PDF – 339 KB]
- SECTION A: Calendar Instructions; Demographic Characteristics; Household Roster; Childhood Background – 508 [PDF – 762 KB]
- SECTION B: Pregnancy & Birth History; Adoption & Nonbiological Children – 508 [PDF – 2 MB]
- SECTION C: Marital and Relationship History – 508 [PDF – 3 MB]
- SECTION D: Sterilizing Operations and Impaired Fecundity – 508 [PDF – 1 MB]
- SECTION E: Contraceptive History and Pregnancy – 508 [PDF – 6 MB]
- SECTION F: Family Planning and Medical Services – 508 [PDF – 1 MB]
- SECTION G: Desires and Intentions for Future Births – 508 [PDF – 443 KB]
- SECTION H: Infertility Services and Reproductive Health – 508 [PDF – 1 MB]
- SECTION I: Insurance; Residence and place of birth; Religion; Past and current work (R and current H/P); Attitudes – 508 [PDF – 872 KB]
- SECTION J: Audio CASI – 508 [PDF – 1 MB]
- SECTION R: Recode Variables and Imputation Flags – 508 [PDF – 5 MB]
- SECTION W: Weights and Other Variables – 508 [PDF – 373 KB]
Male Respondent File Codebook
- Respondent ID and Selected Screener Items – 508 [PDF – 337 KB]
- SECTION A: Demographic Characteristics; Household Roster; Childhood Background; Marital/Cohabiting Status – 508 [PDF – 845 KB]
- SECTION B: Ever Sex, Sex Communication and Education, Vasectomy and Physical Ability to Father Children, Number of Sexual Partners, Enumeration and Relationship With Up To 3 Recent (Or Last) Sexual Partner(s) – 508 [PDF – 892 KB]
- SECTION C: Current Wife or Cohabiting Partner – 508 [PDF – 2 MB]
- SECTION D: Recent (Or Last) Sexual Partner(s) and First Sexual Partner – 508 [PDF – 4 MB]
- SECTION E: Former Wives and First Cohabiting Partner – 508 [PDF – 4 MB]
- SECTION F: Other Biological Children, Other Adopted Children, Other Pregnancies – 508 [PDF – 3 MB]
- SECTION G: Fathering – 508 [PDF – 898 KB]
- SECTION H: Desires and Intentions for Future Biological Children – 508 [PDF – 407 KB]
- SECTION I: Health Conditions and Health Services – 508 [PDF – 1 MB]
- SECTION J: Residence and place of birth; Religion; Military service; Past and current work (R and current wife/partner); Attitudes – 508 [PDF – 730 KB]
- SECTION K: Audio CASI – 508 [PDF – 2 MB]
- SECTION R: Recode Variables and Imputation Flags – 508 [PDF – 2 MB]
- SECTION W: Weights and Other Variables – 508 [PDF – 375 KB]