The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) is a survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand trends related to fertility, family structure, and demographics in the United States.
[1] The National Survey of Family Growth is conducted in five-year cycles.
[11] For Cycle 6 onward, the surveys were conducted in person by female interviewers who are hired and managed by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
[12] NSFG data is also mirrored on the website of the University of Michigan's Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.
"[2] The research citing the NSFG is concentrated more on topics related to family planning, contraception, abortion, and fertility.