Family Facts Sheet

NSFG

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N S Family Facts
F G from the National Survey of Family Growth
Since 1973, the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) has been the premier source of high quality
data on a wide range of important topics related to family formation, fertility, and reproductive health.
Here are some examples of data collected by the study the last time it was conducted in 2011-2015.

Withdrawal
6%
Contraceptive ring,
patch, or shot 7%

Current Use of Contraception
The most popular methods of
contraception used by women aged 15-44
in the U.S. were the pill, female
sterilization, and the condom.

Female
sterilization
23%

Other 3%

Male
condom 15%

Male
sterilization
7%

IUDs and
implants 13%
Pill 26%

The percentage of women 15-44 who are
currently in their first marriage has gone
down over the past several decades, from
40% in 1995 to 32% in 2011-2015. Over
that same period of time, a higher
percentage of women were cohabiting –
7% in 1995 increasing to 13% in 20112015.

Percent

Marriage and Cohabitation

45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

40

1995

38

36

2002

32

2006-2010
2011-2015

7

Currently married for the first time

9

11

13

Currently cohabiting

Has usual source of care

Usual source of care
15% of women and 30% of men aged
15-44 do not have a place where they
usually go when they are sick or need
advice about health.

90

Does not have usual source of care

85

80

70

70
60
50
40
30
20

30
15

10
0

Female

Male

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F G from the National Survey of Family Growth
Number of Biological Children

76% of fathers aged 15-44 live with all
of their children aged 18 or younger,
14% do not live with any of their
children and 10% live with some and
not others.

31

34
29

30
25

20

20

17

15

15

20

10
5
0

Fathers’ Living Arrangements with
Their Children

34

Men aged 40-44

35

Percent

Among men 40-44 years old, 20% have
not fathered any children and 29% have
fathered 3 or more children. Among
women 40-44 years old, 15% have not had
any children and 34% have given birth to
3 or more children.

Women aged 40-44

40

None
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Number of Biological Children

3 or more

Lives with
some, 10%
Lives with
none, 14%

Lives with all his
children, 76%

2008-2010
90

Breastfeeding

80

79

73

2011-2013

70

More than 75% of babies born in 2011
through 2013 were breastfed to some
extent. 57% were breastfed for 3 months
or longer.

60

50

50

57

40
30
20
10
0

U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics

Ever

3 months or longer

The National Center for Health Statistics has
contracted The University of Michigan to
conduct interviews for this study.

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