Series 23 No. 19 Vital and Health Statistics From the CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION / National Center for Health Statistics Fertility, Family Planning, and Women’s Health: New Data From the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth May 1997 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics Copyright Information All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Suggested citation Abma J, Chandra A, Mosher W, Peterson L, Piccinino L. Fertility, family planning, and women’s health: New data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 23(19). 1997. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fertility, family planning, and women’s health : new data from the 1995 national survey of family growth / Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. p. cm. — (Vital and health statistics. Series 23, Data from the national survey of family growth ; no. 19) DHHS Publication No. (PHS)97-1995. Data collected in 1995 are presented on fertility and family size, wanted and unwanted births, marriage, cohabitation, sexual intercourse, sexual partners, contraceptive use, adoption, breastfeeding, maternity leave, use of family planning and other medical services, and health conditions and behavior. ISSN 0-8406-0526-9 1. Fertility—United States—Statistics. 2. Birth control—United States—Statistics. 3. Childbirth—United States—Statistics. 4. Sex—United States—Statistics. 5. Pregnancy—United States—Statistics. 6. Health behavior—United States—Statistics. 7. United States—Statistics, Medical. 8. United States—Statistics, Vital. I. National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) II. Series. RG106.4.U6F47 1997 97-3229 618.2'00973—dc21 CIP For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents Mail Stop: SSOP Washington, DC 20402-9328 Vital and Health Statistics Fertility, Family Planning, and Women’s Health: New Data From the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth Series 23: Data From the National Survey of Family Growth No. 19 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics Hyattsville, Maryland May 1997 DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 97-1995 National Center for Health Statistics Edward J. Sondik, Ph.D., Director Jack R. Anderson, Deputy Director Jack R. Anderson, Acting Associate Director for International Statistics Lester R. Curtin, Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for Research and Methodology Jacob J. Feldman, Ph.D., Associate Director for Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion Gail F. Fisher, Ph.D., Associate Director for Data Standards, Program Development, and Extramural Programs Edward L. Hunter, Associate Director for Planning, Budget, and Legislation Jennifer H. Madans, Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for Vital and Health Statistics Systems Stephen E. Nieberding, Associate Director for Management Charles J. Rothwell, Associate Director for Data Processing and Services Division of Vital Statistics Mary Anne Freedman, Director James A. Weed, Ph.D., Deputy Director Kenneth G. Keppel, Ph.D., Acting Chief, Reproductive Statistics Branch Nicholas F. Pace, Chief, Systems Programming and Statistical Resources Branch Contents Abstract ............................................................................................. 1 Introduction .......................................................................................... 1 Methods ............................................................................................. 2 Results .............................................................................................. 3 Children Ever Born and Total Births Expected ............................................................ 3 Wanted and Unwanted Births ......................................................................... 4 Sexual Intercourse .................................................................................. 4 Marriage and Cohabitation ............................................................................ 5 Contraceptive Use ................................................................................... 6 Fecundity, Infertility, and Sterilization Operations ......................................................... 6 Breastfeeding, Maternity Leave, and Child Care .......................................................... 7 Adoption, Stepchildren, and Foster Children ............................................................. 8 Health Insurance Coverage ........................................................................... 8 Family Planning and Other Medical Services ............................................................. 8 Cigarette Smoking .................................................................................. 9 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Related Behavior .............................................. 9 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Douching .............................................................. 9 Sex Education ...................................................................................... 10 References............................................................................................ 10 Appendix ............................................................................................ 102 Definitions of Terms ................................................................................. 102 Text Tables A. Outline of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth questionnaire ....................................... 2 B. Number of women, by age: United States, 1982, 1988, and 1995........................................... 3 List of Detailed Tables 1. Number of women 15–44 years of age, and mean number of children ever born, additional births expected, and total births expected, by selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ....................................... 12 2. Number of women 15–44 years of age by race and Hispanic origin, and mean number of children ever born, additional births expected, and total births expected, by selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ............. 13 3. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent distribution by number of pregnancies, according to selected characteristics: United States, 1995 .................................................................. 14 4. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent distribution by number of children ever born, according to selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ........................................................... 15 5. Number of women 22–44 years of age and percent distribution by number of children ever born, according to marital status, race and Hispanic origin, and education: United States, 1995 ................................. 16 6. Number of births estimated from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, confidence interval for this estimate, number of births based on vital records, and ratio, by year, race, and Hispanic origin: United States, 1991–94 ..... 17 7. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent distribution by total births expected, according to selected characteristics: United States, 1995 .................................................................. 18 iii 8. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent distribution by total births expected, according to race and Hispanic origin, parity, and marital status: United States, 1995 ............................................ 19 9. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent distribution by total number of births expected, according to marital status, parity, and fecundity status: United States, 1995 ............................................ 20 10. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent distribution by total number of births expected, according to race and Hispanic origin, parity, and fecundity status: United States 1995 ................................... 21 11. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent distribution by timing of first birth in relation to first marriage, according to selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ................................................. 22 12. Number of women 15–44 years of age and percent who ever had an unintended birth, by selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ............................................................................... 23 13. Number of women 15–44 years of age who ever had an unintended birth and percent distribution by whether her first unintended birth was mistimed or unwanted, according to selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ........ 24 14. Number of births in the 5 years before interview to women 15–44 years of age at interview and percent distribution by wantedness status at conception, according to selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ................... 25 15. Number of births in the 5 years before interview to women 22–44 years of age at interview and percent distribution by wantedness status, according to education and race and Hispanic origin: United States, 1995 ................. 26 16. Number of pregnancies in 1991–95 to women 15–44 years of age at interview, percent distribution by value on the scale of how happy she was to be pregnant, and mean scale value, according to selected characteristics: United States, 1995 ..............................................................................