---
language:
- en
pretty_name: National Survey of Family Growth
tags:
- hhs
- cdc
- families
- fertility
- health
- other
- rape
license: odbl
---

# National Survey of Family Growth

## Description

<p>The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health. The survey results are used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and others to plan health services and health education programs, and to do statistical studies of families, fertility, and health.  Years included:  1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2006-2010;  Data use agreement at time of file download:</p>

## Dataset Details

- **Publisher**: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health & Human Services
- **Temporal Coverage**: 1973-01-01T00:00:00-05:00/2010-12-31T00:00:00-05:00
- **Last Modified**: 2023-07-25
- **Contact**: National Survey of Family Growth (nsfg@cdc.gov)

## Source

Original data can be found at: https://healthdata.gov/dataset/national-survey-family-growth

## Usage

You can load this dataset using:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
 dataset = load_dataset('HHS-Official/national-survey-of-family-growth')
```
## License

This dataset is licensed under https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/