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Contents Abstract Executive Summary Sample Design Responsive Design Features Sampling Weights Item Imputation Variance Estimation Conclusion Background Design Specifications Sample Design Summary of Sample Design Sample Size Requirements First-Stage Selection of Primary Sampling Units Second-Stage Selection of Segments Third-Stage Selection of Housing Units Fourth-Stage Selection of Sample Persons Sample Release Sampling in Three Phases Sample Characteristics Response Rate Estimation Nonresponse Bias and Phase 3 Sampling Cost Efficiency and Response Rates in the Phase 3 Sample Responsive Design Sample Size Summary of Weighting Procedures Inverse Probability Selection Weighting Nonresponse Adjustment Poststratification Weight Trimming Final Weight Summary Estimating Equation for Totals Imputation Procedures Background on Imputation for Missing Values Sequential Regression Imputation Multiple Imputation Using Sequential Regression Regression Imputation in NSFG Cycle 6 Variance Estimation Background Summary of Variance Estimation Principles Variance Estimation Software Application to the National Survey of Family Growth References Appendixes I. Definition of Terms II. Variables Imputed and Types of Imputation for Female, Male, and Pregnancy Files III. Distribution of Female, Male, and Pregnancy Records, by Stratum and Sampling Error Computing Units in the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 IV. Variance Estimates Using SAS, SUDAAN, and STATA, for the Percentage of All Women Using the Oral Contraceptive Pill, by 5-Year Age Groups V. Variance Estimates Using SAS, SUDAAN, and STATA, for the Mean Number of Children Ever Born, on Race and Hispanic Origin, and Age for Women 20¿44 Years of Age VI. Variance Estimates Using SAS, SUDAAN, and STATA, for the Regression of Parity (Children Ever Born), by Race and Hispanic Origin, Age, and Education for Women 20¿44 Years of Age VII. Variance Estimates Using SAS, SUDAAN, and STATA, for the Probability of Strongly Agreeing with the Statement, ¿A Young Couple Should Not Live Together Unless They Are Married¿ Regressed on Age, Gender, Race and Hispanic Origin, and Education for Women and Men 15¿44 Years of Age VIII. Median Design Effect for Female, Male, and Pregnancy File Means and Proportions Text Figures 1. History of the National Survey of Family Growth 2. National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 6 selection of primary sampling units and segments 3. Selection steps in sample implementation for Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth 4. Within household screener and household roster 5. Within household measures of size and illustration of within household selection 6. Response rates for Phases 1 and 2 and overall for 18 subpopulations 7. Response rates for Phases 1 and 2 and overall (reflecting subsampling of nonrespondents) by age group; National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 6, 2002 8. Estimated proportion of females who have ever had sexual intercourse in Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth: Cumulative estimate; estimate by call number of interview, and estimate from Phase 3 interviewing 9. Cumulative ratio of interviewer hours to number of main interviews completed by day of the data collection period: National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 6, 2002 10. SAS 9.1 output from illustration 1 for estimation of the percent of women using the oral contraceptive pill in each of six 5-year age groups, National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 6, 2002 11. SUDAAN 8.0.2 output from illustration 1 for estimation of the percent of women using the oral contraceptive pill in each of six 5-year age groups, National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 6, 2002 12. Stata output from illustration 1 for estimation of the percent of women using the oral contraceptive pill in each of six 5-year age groups, National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 6, 2002 13. Wesvar table specification window for illustration 1 for estimation of the percent of women using the oral contraceptive pill in each of six 5-year age groups, National Survey of Family Growth Cycle 6, 2002 Text Tables A. Allocation of sample segments and sampling rates within domains: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 B. Expected and observed eligibility rates by sex, age, and race or ethnicity: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 C. Number of Phase 1 and 2 segments by number of active incomplete cases in the segment at the end of Phase 2, and the estimated total propensity of active cases to complete an interview on the next visit: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 D. Phase 3 segment sampling fractions, by number of active cases in the segment, and the estimated total propensity of active cases in the segment to complete the interview on the next visit: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 E. Response rates, weighted only for subsampling in Phase 3, but not for other probabilities of selection, using two estimates (0.64 and 0.58) of the proportion of nonscreened households that had an eligible respondent: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 F. Fully weighted response rates, adjusted for all unequal probabilities of selection, using two estimates (0.64 and 0.58) of the proportion of nonscreened households that had an eligible respondent: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 G. Mean number of calls per active screener case by number of active cases and total propensity strata in Phase 3: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 H. Mean number of calls per active main interview case by number of active cases and estimated total propensity of cases in the segment to respond on the next visit: Phase 3 of National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 J. Mean screener response rates for segments in Phase 3 by number of active cases and total propensity strata: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 K. Mean main interview response rates for segments during Phase 3 by number of active cases at the beginning of Phase 3, and the total propensity of cases in the segment to respond on the next visit: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 L. Mean ratio of number of screener interviews to number of total calls on screener cases by number of active cases in the segment, and by the estimated total propensity of cases in the segment to respond on the next interviewer visit: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 M. Mean ratios of number of main interviews to number of total calls on screener cases by number of active cases and total propensity strata: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 N. Number of completed interviews by age group, sex, and race or ethnicity: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 O. Mean, minimum, and maximum untrimmed base weight, and potential increase in variance due to weighting (1+L), by age group, sex, and race or ethnicity: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 P. Logistic Regression Model Predicting Response to the Screener, with 18 predictors (Phases 1¿3): National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 Q. Nine logistic regression models predicting response to the main interview (Phases 1¿3): National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 R. Mean, minimum, and maximum combined nonresponse adjustments, and potential increase in variance due to weighting, by age group, sex, and race or ethnicity: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 S. Poststratification adjustment factors for 36 groups, by age, sex, and race or ethnicity: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 T. Mean, minimum, and maximum final (trimmed) weight, and potential increase in variance due to weighting, by age group, sex, and race or ethnicity: National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Family size -- Statistical methods.
Fertility, Human -- Statistical methods.
Family life surveys.
Health surveys.
National Survey of Family Growth (U.S.).
Research Design -- United States.
Data Collection -- methods -- United States.
Family Characteristics -- United States.
Parenting -- United States.
Reproductive Behavior -- United States.