Fertility of Men and Women Aged 15-49 in the United States: National Survey of Family Growth, 2015-2019

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• Personal Author:
  Martinez, Gladys M. ; Daniels, Kimberly
• Description:
  Objective-This report presents national estimates of selected fertility measures for men and women aged 15-49 in the United States in 2015-2019, based on data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). Overall estimates for 2015-2019 are compared with those for 2011-2015.
  
  Methods-Data were collected through in-person interviews with a nationally representative sample of the household population aged 15-49 in the United States in 2015-2019. The sample was made up of 21,441 respondents aged 15-49, including 9,746 men and 11,695 women. The NSFG response rate for the 2015-2019 survey period was 65.9% for women and 62.4% for men. Fertility measures in this report include ever had a biological child, number of children born alive or fathered, timing and relationship context of the first birth, and birth spacing.
  
  Results-Among women and men aged 40-49 in 2015-2019, 84.3% of women had given birth and 76.5% of men had fathered a child. On average, women aged 15-49 had 1.3 biological children and men aged 15-49 had fathered 0.9 children. The mean age at first birth was 24.1 for women and 27.0 for men. Among women, 29.7% of first births occurred during their teen years and 52.1% occurred during ages 20-29. Among men, 7.3% of first births occurred at ages younger than 20 and 58.0% occurred during ages 20-29. In 2015-2019, nearly one-third of women aged 15-49 with a birth only had one birth at the time of the interview, about one-third had a second birth within 36 months of their first birth, and one-third had a second birth more than 36 months after their first birth. Among women, roughly one-half of first births occurred before marriage and one-half of all premarital first births occurred within cohabiting unions.
  
  Suggested citation Martinez GM, Daniels K. Fertility of men and women aged 15-49 in the United States: National Survey of Family Growth, 2015-2019. National Health Statistics Reports; no 179. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2023. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/ 10.15620/cdc:122080.
  
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• Series:
  NCHS National Health Statistics Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Issue:
  179
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  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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