Learning More About Families [Data]

The National Survey of Family Growth has a lot of useful data on "family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health." 

Link to the Site Here: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm


If you are looking for a quick statistic to use in class, click on "Key Statistics" on the left sidebar and then use the alphabetical listing or the keyword search to find some information.

If you are looking for more information on a certain topic,  the PDF Links to their newest publications include short summaries of the findings along with useful charts and graphs. You can also download the actual data for more information or to have your students work on analyzing the data.

Here is an example of the types of graphs that are readily available. I found this by clicking on "Key Statitstics" and then clicking on "Child Care"