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)
• Forced intercourse

 

Family planning services

• Percent 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, 2002: 72.7%

  Sources:

  • Advance Data No. 350, Table 17 [PDF - 1.1 MB]
  • Series 23, No. 25, Table 93 [PDF - 4.7 MB]
   
• Leading family planning services received among women 15-44 years of age in 2002:
  • Pap smear: 64.4%
  • Pelvic exam: 59.7%
  • Birth control method: 33.9%
  • Birth control check-up or test: 23.6%
  • Birth control counseling: 18.6%
  • Pregnancy test: 19.7%

  Sources:

  • Advance Data, No. 350, Table 15 and 16 [PDF - 1.1 MB]
  • Series 23, No. 25, Table 87 and 88 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Fathers/Fatherhood

 

Fatherhood - See also Births (fathers)

• Percent of men 40-44 years of age in 2002 with biological children: 77.6%

  Source: Series 23, No. 26, Table 1 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

• Percent of males who have ever fathered a biological child during their teen years (before 20 years of age), 2002: 15.3%

  Source: Series 23, No. 26, Table 5 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

 

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, 2002:

   

  Children under age 5	Resident fathers	Nonresident fathers
  Fed and ate meals with them	95.3%	27.2%
  Bathed or dressed	82.4%	26.0%
  Play	97.7%	34.0%
  Read	56.3%	17.1%

  Sources: Series 23, No. 26, Tables 67-70 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

   

  Children aged 5-18	Resident fathers	Nonresident fathers
  Helped with homework	57.5%	8.2%
  Talked about day	87.2%	26.4%
  Take to and from activities	53.7%	6.9%
  Ate meals	94.4%	18.5%

  Source: Series 23, No. 26, Tables 71-74 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

   

Forced intercourse

• Percent of women 18-44 years of age ever forced by a male to have sexual intercourse at some time in their lives, 2002: 22.6%
  (Based on the question: "Have you ever been forced by a male to have vaginal intercourse against your will?"

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 37 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

   

• Percent of men 18-44 years of age ever forced by a male or female to have sexual intercourse at some time in their lives, 2002: 7.6%

  Source: Series 23, No. 26, Table 17 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

   

• Percent of women 18-44 years of age who ever had sexual intercourse, whose first intercourse was not voluntary, 2002: 8.3%
  (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?"

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 36 [PDF - 3.5 MB]