U.S. National Natality Survey, 1969

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

The National Natality Surveys were conducted over a number of years between 1964 and 1980. The 1969 survey was designed primarily to collect information on pre- and post-natal care received by women and by their newborn infants. Additional information was obtained on certain socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. The initial source of data were certificates of live births. Every 1,000th white legitimate infant and every 500th legitimate non-white infant were sampled and questionnaires mailed to 3,611 mothers. The final response rate was 85%. Values for most missing data were imputed for those who did not respond as well as for an additional 55 births who were selected but not mailed questionnaires. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

U.S. National Natality Survey, 1972

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

The survey is nationally representative based on a sample of 5,689 vital records of live birth in the United States in 1972, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Married mothers, hospitals, and physicians were mailed different questionnaires. Their responses include information on demographic and social characteristics, maternal health, infant health, and labor and delivery history.Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

U.S. National Natality Survey, 1980

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

This survey is a nationally representative sample of 9,941 vital records of live birth in the United States in 1980. Married mothers, hospitals, attendants at delivery, and other medical providers of radiation procedures (four groups that were associated with the sampled deliveries) were mailed 8-page questionnaires. Their responses include information on demographic and social characteristics, maternal health, infant health, labor and delivery practices and radiation exposure before and during pregnancy. The mothers received 15-minute telephone interviews, and the medical sources 5-minute reminders if they did not respond to two waves of mailed questionnaires. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

U.S. National Study of High School and Beyond, Selected Variables: A Longitudinal Study of Female Sophomores, 1980-1982

Investigators: Peter Morrison, Linda Waite, and Allan Abrahamse

This is the second of two National Longitudinal Studies (NLS). The first, NLS-72, began with over 22,000 high school seniors in the spring of 1972. The second study began with a 1980 collection of base year data on individual and family background, high school experiences, work experiences, plans for the future, and cognitive ability and achievement from high school seniors and sophomores. The first follow-up was conducted in the spring of 1982, and a second follow-up was conducted in 1984. The current Data Set was designed to build on the NLS-72 by replicating selected 1972 study questionnaire and cognitive test items as well as expanding the data to include a broader range of lifecycle factors, such as family-formation behavior and social participation. Over 30,000 sophomores enrolled in 1,015 public and private high schools across the country participated in the Base Year survey, with questionnaires administered at schools or appropriate off-campus locations. The 1982 follow-up sample consisted of approximately 30,000 1980 sophomores, with different questionnaires for those who had dropped out of school and those who remained enrolled in school. The DAAPPP file is an extract designed by Peter Morrison and his colleagues at the Rand Corporation. The cases were limited to female high school sophomores who were not mothers at the time of the 1980 baseline survey. In addition to the approximately 100 variables obtained directly from the High School and Beyond Data Set, the investigators computed approximately twenty scale score and indicator variables. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

U.S. National Survey of Teens Seeking Abortion Services, 1979-1980

Investigators: Aida Torres

The goal of the study was to investigate to what extent parents of unmarried teenagers 17 and younger are informed that their daughters are attending an abortion facility, how parents are informed, and how notification requirements would affect the behavior of those teenagers whose parents do not know. The study also assessed parent-daughter communication regarding contraception and abortion, in addition to contraceptive acquisition, use, and demographic information. Conducted between October 1979 and March 1980, the survey consisted of self-administered questionnaires distributed to all teenage patients in 52 abortion clinics, yielding a final sample of 1,172 (95% of abortion patients). Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

U.S. National Survey of Young Men, 1979

Investigators: Melvin Zelnik and John F. Kantner

Like the 1971 and 1976 National Surveys of Young Women (DAAPPP Data Set Nos. 01 and 02), the major purpose of this study was to provide estimates of the prevalence of sexual activity, contraceptive use and nonuse, premarital pregnancy and its resolution among U.S. teenagers. The 1979 survey, for the first time, gathered data from young men as well as women (DAAPPP Data Set No. 44). Men aged 17 to 21 living in households in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the continental United States comprised the sample. The survey included 917 ever-married and never-married young men. The men were not only interviewed but received some questions in a self-administered questionnaire.

U.S. National Survey of Young Women, 1971

Investigators: Melvin Zelnik and John F. Kantner

The aim of this study was to document the sexual behavior and practices of females aged 15 to 19 years old living in the U.S. Two national probability samples were drawn, one of adolescent females living in households in the United States, and the second of university students living in dorms. The two samples together had a total of 4,611 respondents. There are 516 variables. Data include information on frequency of sexual behavior, use of contraception, pregnancy, childbearing, and abortion; attitudinal measures on these topics; and basic background information on respondents. Data were collected in mid-1971 by the Institute for Survey Research of Temple University via interviews and self-administered questionnaires.

U.S. National Survey of Young Women, 1976

Investigators: John Kantner and Melvin Zelnik

This study was similar in purpose, scope, and content to the above described 1971 National Survey of Young Women. The total sample size was 2,193, reflecting adjusted completion rates of 76.2% for whites and 78.5% for blacks. Data were obtained entirely through in-person interviews, conducted in the spring and early summer of 1976. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

U.S. National Survey of Young Women, 1979

Investigators: Melvin Zelnik and John F. Kantner

Like the 1971 and 1976 National Surveys of Young Women, this study was aimed at providing estimates of the prevalence of sexual activity, contraceptive use and nonuse, premarital pregnancy and its resolution among teenage women. The study also attempted to determine how informed young women were about contraception and the menstrual cycle. The survey also gathered data from young men.

U.S. National Survey of Young Women: Selected Variables, 1971

Investigators: Melvin Zelnik and John Kantner

This study was aimed at documenting the sexual behavior and practices of adolescent females in the U.S. Data on frequency of sexual behavior, use of contraception, pregnancy, childbearing, and abortion were collected. Basic background information on subjects was also collected, to allow investigation of how sexual behavior varies as a function of background. A national probability sample was drawn of females aged 15 to 19 years old living in households in the United States. In addition, another probability sample was taken of female university students living in dorms. The samples together had a total of 4,611 women. Data were collected in mid-1971 via interviews by the Institute for Survey Research of Temple University in a five-month period centering on May 1971. Questions presumed to be more "sensitive" were included in a self-administered questionnaire.