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

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).