Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

F Listing

• Family planning services
• Fathers/Fatherhood - See also Births (fathers)
  • Fatherhood
  • Father involvement
• Fertility - See Births (mothers) and Births (fathers)
• Fertility Awareness Methods - See Natural family planning and Rhythm method
• Forced intercourse

 

Family planning services

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of women 15-44 years of age who received at least one family planning or medical service from a medical care provider in the last 12 months	72.7%	70.0%

Sources:

¹Advance Data No. 350, Table 17 [PDF - 1.1 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Leading family planning services received among women 15-44 years of age

	20021-2	2006-20103
Pap smear	64.4%	60.4%
Pelvic exam	59.7%	55.2%
Birth control method	33.9%	33.4%
Birth control check-up or test	23.6%	22.3%
Birth control counseling	18.6%	16.7%
Pregnancy test	19.7%	21.5%

Sources:

¹ Advance Data, No. 350, Table 15 and 16 [PDF - 1.1 MB]

² Series 23, No. 25, Table 87 and 88 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

³ Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Fathers/Fatherhood

 

Fatherhood - See also Births (fathers)

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of men 40-44 years of age with biological children	77.6%	76.4%

Sources:

¹ Series 23, No. 26, Table 1 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

² NHSR No. 51, Table 1 [PDF - 543 KB]

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of males who have ever fathered a biological child during their teen years (before 20 years of age)	15.3%	14.6%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 26, Table 5 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

²NHSR No. 51, Table 1 [PDF - 543 KB]

 

Father involvement

 

Percentage of fathers 15-44 years of age who reported doing the specified activities several times a week or more in the last 4 weeks with their children:

Children under age 5	Resident fathers		Nonresident fathers
	20021	2006-20102	20021	2006-20102
Fed and ate meals with them	95.3%	95.9%	27.2%	36.0%
Bathed or dressed	82.4%	89.6%	26.0%	37.3%
Played with	97.7%	98.4%	34.0%	46.7%
Read to	56.3%	59.8%	17.1%	26.9%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 26, Tables 67-70 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Children aged 5-18	Resident fathers		Nonresident fathers
	20021	2006-20102	20021	2006-20102
Helped with homework	57.5%	62.7%	8.2%	18.4%
Talked about day	87.2%	92.5%	26.4%	48.2%
Took to and from activities	53.7%	54.4%	6.9%	15.1%
Ate meals with	94.4%	92.9%	18.5%	21.5%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 26, Tables 71-74 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

²Special tabulation from NCHS

 

Forced intercourse

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of women 18-44 years of age ever forced by a male to have sexual intercourse at some time in their lives	22.6%	20.3%

(Based on the question): "Have you ever been forced by a male to have vaginal intercourse against your will?"

Sources:

¹ Series 23, No. 25, Table 37 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

² Special tabulation from NCHS

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of men 18-44 years of age ever forced by a male or female to have sexual intercourse at some time in their lives	7.6%	6.4%

(Based on the two questions): "At any time in your life, have you ever been forced by a female to have vaginal intercourse against your will?" and "At any time in your life, have you ever been forced by a male to have oral or anal sex against your will?"

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 26, Table 17 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of women 18-44 years of age who ever had sexual intercourse, whose first intercourse was not voluntary	8.3%	8.0%

(Based on the question): "Would you say that this first vaginal intercourse was voluntary or not voluntary, that is, did you choose to have sex of your own free will or not?"

Sources:

¹ Series 23, No. 25, Table 36 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

² Special tabulation by NCHS