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  – See also Wantedness of Sexual Intercourse

 

Family planning services

 

	20021	2006-20102	2011-20153
Percentage 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%	71.3% (0.73)

Sources:

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

²NHSR No. 68, Table 1 [PDF – 288 KB]
³ Special tabulation by NCHS

 

 

Leading family planning services received in the last 12 months among women 15-44 years of age

	20021-2	2006-20103	2011-20154
Pap smear	64.4%	60.4%	56.1% (0.81)
Pelvic exam	59.7%	55.2%	55.4% (0.81)
Birth control method	33.9%	33.4%	33.0% (0.76)
Birth control check-up or test	23.6%	22.3%	25.0% (0.63)
Birth control counseling	18.6%	16.7%	18.8% (0.66)
Pregnancy test	19.7%	18.6%	21.6% (0.63)

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]

³NHSR No. 68, Table 1 [PDF – 288 KB]
⁴Special tabulation by NCHS

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Fathers/Fatherhood

 

Fatherhood – See also Births

 

	20021	2006-20102	2011-20153
Percentage of men 40-44 years of age with biological children	77.6%	76.4%	80.4% (1.48)

Sources:

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

² NHSR No. 51, Table 1 [PDF – 543 KB]

³ Special tabulation by NCHS

	20021	2006-20102	2011-20153
Percentage of men 15-44 who have ever fathered a biological child during their teen years (before 20 years of age)	15.3%	14.6%	13.8% (0.87)

Sources:

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

²NHSR No. 51, Table 7 [PDF – 543 KB]

³ Special tabulation by NCHS

 

 

 

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%	30.0%
Bathed or dressed	82.4%	89.6%	26.0%	31.1%
Played with	97.7%	98.4%	34.0%	38.9%
Read to	56.3%	59.8%	17.1%	22.5%

Sources:

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

²NHSR No. 71, Tables 2-5 [PDF – 371 KB]

 

Children aged 5-18	Resident fathers		Nonresident fathers
	20021	2006-20102	20021	2006-20102
Helped with homework	57.5%	62.7%	8.2%	13.6%
Talked about day	87.2%	92.5%	26.4%	35.7%
Took to and from activities	53.7%	54.4%	6.9%	11.2%
Ate meals with	94.4%	92.9%	18.5%	16.0%

Sources:

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

²NHSR No. 71, Tables 2-5 [PDF – 371 KB]

Note: We are not able to update these estimates because we no longer collect comparable data

 

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Forced intercourse

        See also Wantedness of Sexual Intercourse

 

	20021	2006-20102	2011-20153
Percentage 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%	18.8% (0.53)

(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	2011-20152
Percentage 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%	5.9% (0.36)

(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	2011-20152
Percentage of men 18-44 years of age ever forced to have sex by another male at some time in their lives	2.0%	1.6%	1.6% (0.20)

(Based on the question): “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	2011-20152
Percentage of women 18-44 years of age who ever had sexual intercourse, whose first intercourse was not voluntary	8.3%	8.0%	6.4% (0.35)

(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

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