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  • Adoption, adoption seeking, and relinquishment for adoption in the United States
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Bachrach, Christine; Chandra, Anjani; Maza, Penelope;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    May 11, 1999
    Series:
    Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics ; no. 306
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 99-1250
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report presents national data on adoption and adoption-related behaviors among ever-married women 18-44 years of age in the United States, according to selected characteristics of the women. Trends are shown in the prevalence of adop...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 304.19 KB]
  • Changing Sociodemographic Factors and Teen Fertility: 1991–2009
    Personal Author:
    Driscoll, Anne K.; Abma, Joyce C.;
    Published Date:
    Oct 2015
    Source:
    Matern Child Health J. 19(10):2159-2167.
    Description:
    This study analyzed the roles of trends in sociodemographic factors known to be related to the risk of a teen birth. The goal was to analyze the roles of these trends in maternal education, family structure and mother's age at first birth in the like...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 249.24 KB]
  • Fertility, contraception, and fatherhood; data on men and women from Cycle 6 (2002) of the National Survey of Family Growth
    Personal Author:
    Martinez, Gladys M.; Chandra, Anjani; Abma, Joyce C.; Jones, Jo, Ph. D; Mosher, William D.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Vital Statistics System (U.S.). National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    May 2006
    Series:
    Vital and health statistics. Series 23, Data from the national survey of family growth ; no. 26
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2006-1978
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.37 MB]
  • Trends in pregnancies and pregnancy rates by outcome; estimates for the United States, 1976-96
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Curtin, Sally C.; Henshaw, Stanley K.; Mosher, William D.; Ventura, Stephanie J.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Alan Guttmacher Institute.
    Published Date:
    January 2000
    Series:
    Vital and health statistics. Series 21, Data from the national vital statistics system ; no. 56
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2000-1934
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report presents national estimates of pregnancies and pregnancy rates according to women's age, race, and Hispanic origin, and by marital status, race, and Hispanic origin. Data are presented for 1976-96. Data from the National Surve...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 348.01 KB]
  • Sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing of teenagers aged 15–19 in the United States
    Personal Author:
    Martinez, Gladys M.; Abma, Joyce C.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    July 2015
    Series:
    NCHS data brief ; no. 209
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2015–1209
    Description:
    Monitoring sexual activity and contraceptive use among U.S. adolescents is important for understanding differences in their risk of pregnancy. In 2013, the U.S. birth rate for teenagers aged 15–19 dropped 57% from its peak in 1991 (1), paralleling ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 497.67 KB]
  • Sexual activity and contraceptive practices among teenagers in the United States, 1988 and 1995
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Sonenstein, Freya L.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Vital Statistics.. Urban Institute.
    Published Date:
    April 2001
    Series:
    Vital and health statistics. Series 23 Data from the national survey of family growth ; no. 21
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2001-1997
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report presents national estimates of sexual experience, contraceptive use, and selected aspects of sexual behavior among never-married males and females aged 15-19 years in the United States. Data are presented for the years 1988 an...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.12 MB]
  • Fertility, family planning, and women's health; new data from the 1995 national survey of family growth
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Chandra, Anjani; Mosher, William D.; Peterson, Linda S.; Piccinino, Linda J.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Vital Statistics.
    Published Date:
    May 1997
    Series:
    Vital and health statistics. Series 23, Data from the national survey of family growth ; no. 19
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 97-1995
    Description:
    Statistics collected in 1995 are presented on fertility and family size, wanted and unwanted births, marriage, cohabitation, sexual intercourse, sexual partners, contraceptive use, adoption, breast-feeding, maternity leave, use of family planning and...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 665.18 KB]
  • Teenagers in the United States; sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, 2002
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Dawson, Brittany S.; Martinez, Gladys M.; Mosher, William D.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Vital Statistics.
    Published Date:
    December 2004
    Series:
    Vital and health statistics. no. 24 Series 23 Data from the national survey of family growth
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2005-1976
    Description:
    OBJECTIVE: This report presents national estimates of sexual activity, contraceptive use, and births among males and females 15-19 years of age in the United States in 2002 from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). Data are also presented fro...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.11 MB]
  • Estimated pregnancy rates and rates of pregnancy outcomes for the United States, 1990-2008
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Curtin, Sally C.; Henshaw, Stanley K.; Ventura, Stephanie J.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    June 20, 2012
    Series:
    National vital statistics reports ; v. 60, no. 7
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2012-1120
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report presents detailed pregnancy rates for 1990-2008, updating a national series of rates extending since 1976. METHODS: Tabular and graphical data on pregnancy rates by age, race, and Hispanic origin, and by marital status are pre...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 12.94 MB]
  • Fertility, family planning, and reproductive health of U.S. women; data from the 2002 national survey of family growth
    Personal Author:
    Chandra, Anjani; Martinez, Gladys M.; Mosher, William D.; Abma, Joyce C.; Jones, Jo, Ph. D;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    December 2005
    Series:
    Vital and health statistics. Series 23, Data from the national survey of family growth ; no. 25
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2006-1977
    Description:
    OBJECTIVE: This report presents national estimates of fertility, family planning, and reproductive health indicators among females 15-44 years of age in the United States in 2002 from Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). For select...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 4.58 MB]
  • Estimated pregnancy rates by outcome for the United States, 1990-2004
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Henshaw, Stanley K.; Mosher, William D.; Ventura, Stephanie J.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Vital Statistics.
    Published Date:
    April 14, 2008
    Series:
    National vital statistics reports ; v. 56, no. 15
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2008-1120
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report presents detailed pregnancy rates for 1990-2004, updating a national series of rates extending since 1976. Data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) are used to interpret trends in teenage pregnancy and in total pr...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 731.61 KB]
  • Estimated pregnancy rates for the United States, 1990-2005, an update
    Personal Author:
    Abma, Joyce C.; Henshaw, Stanley K.; Mosher, William D.; Ventura, Stephanie J.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Vital Statistics.. Alan Guttmacher Institute.
    Published Date:
    October 14, 2009
    Series:
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2010-1120
    National vital statistics reports ; v. 58, no. 4
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report presents detailed pregnancy rates for 1990-2005, updating a national series of rates extending since 1976. METHODS: Tabular data on pregnancy rates by age, race and Hispanic origin, and by marital status are presented and brie...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.04 MB]
  • Educating teenagers about sex in the United States
    Personal Author:
    Martinez, Gladys.; Abma, Joyce C.; Copen, Casey E.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    September 2010
    Series:
    NCHS data brief ; no. 44
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2010-1209
    Description:
    "Sex education in schools and other places, as well as received from parents, provides adolescents with information to make informed choices about sex at a crucial period of their development. Using data from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family G...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.73 MB]
  • Teenagers in the United States; sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth
    Personal Author:
    Martinez, Gladys; Copen, Casey E.; Abma, Joyce C.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Vital Statistics.
    Published Date:
    October 2011
    Series:
    Vital and health statistics. Series 23, Data from the national survey of family growth ; no. 31
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2012-1983
    Description:
    "Objective: This report presents national estimates of sexual activity, contraceptive use, and births among males and females aged 15-19 in the United States in 2006-2010 from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). For selected indicators, data...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 23.59 MB]
  • Highlights of trends in pregnancies and pregnancy rates by outcome : estimates for the United States, 1976-96
    Personal Author:
    Ventura, Stephanie J.; Mosher, William D.; Curtin, Sally C.; Abma, Joyce C.; Henshaw, Stanley K.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Vital Statistics.. Alan Guttmacher Institute..
    Published Date:
    December 15, 1999
    Series:
    National vital statistics reports ; v. 47, no. 29
    DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2000–1120
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report presents key findings from a comprehensive report on pregnancies and pregnancy rates for U.S. women. The study incorporates birth, abortion, and fetal loss data to compile national estimates of pregnancy rates according to a v...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 257.45 KB]
  • Intended and unintended births in the United States; 1982-2010
    Personal Author:
    Mosher, William D.; Jones, Jo; Abma, Joyce C.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    July 24, 2012
    Series:
    National health statistics reports ; no. 55
    Description:
    OBJECTIVES: This report shows trends since 1982 in whether a woman wanted to get pregnant just before the pregnancy occurred. This is the most direct measure available of the extent to which women are able (or unable) to choose to have the number of ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 19.75 MB]
  • Current contraceptive status among women aged 15–49 : United States, 2017–2019
    Personal Author:
    Daniels, Kimberly; Abma, Joyce C.;
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    October 2020
    Series:
    NCHS data brief ; no. 388
    Description:
    Data from the 2017–2019 National Survey of Family Growth• In 2017–2019, 65.3% of women aged 15–49 in the United States were currently using contraception.• The most common contraceptive methods currently used were female sterilization (18.1...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 457.21 KB]