2006-2010 NSFG Codebooks

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Female Respondent File Codebook
Female Pregnancy File Codebook
Male Respondent File Codebook

The codebook documentation provides detailed information on each variable included on the 2006-2010 NSFG public use files. For each variable, the codebook contains this basic information:

Variable name
Variable type (ENHANCED for 2006-2010)
Column locations
Question text
Universe statement
Response categories and unweighted frequencies
Link to recode specifications
Notes, where applicable (ENHANCED for 2006-2010)

Interactive on-line codebooks are accessible through Webdoc. The codebooks are also available as PDF files, usually as 1 file per section of the questionnaire (except for Female Section E which is divided into subsections), and may be viewed or printed individually. For more information about the contents of the codebook, please see “DESCRIPTION OF CODEBOOKS” Cdc-pdf[PDF – 595 KB] in the User’s Guide.

Female Respondent File Codebook

Female Pregnancy File Codebook

NSFG_2006-10_FemPreg_Codebook Cdc-pdf[PDF – 1 MB]

Male Respondent File Codebook

Page last reviewed: November 6, 2015

Content source: National Center for Health Statistics