National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Restricted Variables

The most common request for restricted NSFG data is to access the contextual files. There are contextual data files for the 6 periodic surveys and the first data release from continuous interviewing. Please see below information on the variables and files available for the 2 most recent data releases.

Geographic variables from NSFG

NSFG 2006-2010

Contextual File

• 2006-2010 NSFG codebook for place of interview
• 2006-2010 NSFG list of contextual variables

List of Restricted Use Survey Variables Available through the RDC

• List of Restricted Use Variables for the Female File [PDF - 49 KB]
• List of Restricted Use Variables for the Male File [PDF - 45 KB]

ACASI Data (requires special permission through NSFG, but does not require RDC access.)

Cycle 6

Contextual File

• Contextual Data File Codebook [PDF - 3.3 MB]
• List of variables contained on the NSFG Cycle 6 Contextual Data Files [PDF - 283 KB]

Interviewer Variables

ACASI Data (requires special permission through NSFG, but does not require RDC access.)