2017-2019 NSFG Codebooks

The 2017-2019 NSFG codebook documentation for all three public-use data files (female respondent file, female pregnancy file, male file) is provided below. See the 2017-2019 NSFG User’s Guide for more information on using these codebooks.

Female Pregnancy File Codebook

• 2017-2019_NSFG_FemPregFile_Codebook-508 [PDF – 1 MB]

Female Respondent File Codebook

• Respondent ID and Selected Screener Items – 508 [PDF – 111 KB]
• SECTION A: Calendar Instructions; Demographic Characteristics; Household Roster; Childhood Background – 508 [PDF – 542 KB]
• SECTION B: Pregnancy & Birth History; Adoption & Nonbiological Children – 508 [PDF – 597 KB]
• SECTION C: Marital and Relationship History 508 [PDF – 987 KB]
• SECTION D: Sterilizing Operations and Impaired Fecundity 508 [PDF – 611 KB]
• SECTION E: Contraceptive History and Pregnancy Wantedness – 508 [PDF – 4 MB]
• SECTION F: Family Planning and Medical Services – 508 [PDF – 734 KB]
• SECTION G: Desires and Intentions for Future Births – 508 [PDF – 167 KB]
• SECTION H: Infertility Services and Reproductive Health – 508 [PDF – 729 KB]
• SECTION I: Insurance; Residence and place of birth; Religion; Past and current work (R and current H/P); Attitudes – 508 [PDF – 371 KB]
• SECTION J: Audio CASI – 508 [PDF – 593 KB]
• SECTION R: Recode Variables and Imputation Flags – 508 [PDF – 2 MB]
• SECTION W: Weights and Other Variables – 508 [PDF – 125 KB]

Male Respondent File Codebook

• Respondent ID and Selected Screener Items- 508 [PDF – 348 KB]
• SECTION A: Demographic Characteristics; Household Roster; Childhood Background; Marital/Cohabiting Status – 508 [PDF – 755 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 – 1 MB]
• 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 – 6 MB]
• SECTION F: Other Biological Children, Other Adopted Children, Other Pregnancies – 508 [PDF – 3 MB]
• SECTION G: Fathering – 508 [PDF – 926 KB]
• SECTION H: Desires and Intentions for Future Biological Children – 508 PDF – 410 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 – 636 KB]
• SECTION K: Audio CASI – 508 [PDF – 1 MB]
• SECTION R: Recode Variables and Imputation Flags – 508 [PDF – 2 MB]
• SECTION W: Weights and Other Variables – 508 [PDF – 372 KB]