Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men’s and women’s health. The survey results are used by the US Department of Health and Human Services and others to plan health services and health education programs and to do statistical studies of families, fertility, and health. The NSFG is used by: scholars in the behavioral sciences (e.g., sociology, demography, and economics) to study marriage, divorce, fertility, and family life; scholars in public health to study reproductive, maternal and infant health topics; agencies of the US Department of Health and Human Services to brief senior officials and to inform program decision-making; in research programs and in health and social service programs; state and local governments to plan health and social service programs; and the press, to prepare articles on a number of topics related to health and family life. |
