National Fertility Study (NFS) Files

This series contains information from personal interviews of a national sample of married women born after July 1, 1910 but not yet 55 years of age at the time of the survey. Information includes respondents' prenatal and postnatal medical care, maternal health services, breast feeding, care and health of children, child welfare, family planning, birth control, pregnancy history, fecundity and infertility, family background, marital history, demographic characteristics, education, employment history, and income.

The information available varies by survey year. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.