National Couples Survey, 2005-2006

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Label

National Couples Survey, 2005-2006

Statement of responsibility

William R. Grady, John O.G. Billy, Daniel H. Klepinger, Lisa A. Cubbins, Koray Tanfer

Contributor

• Tanfer, Koray
• Grady, William R
• Cubbins, Lisa A
• Klepinger, Daniel H
• Billy, John O. G
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Statistics
• Birth control
• Contraception
• Family planning
• Income
• Occupational status
• Marital status
• Fertility
• Marital relations
• Household income
• Living arrangements
• Job history
• Sexual behavior

Genre

• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

Data from the National Couples Study (NCS) that were collected as part of two NIH-funded studies examining couples' contraceptive decision making (but not consistency of use). Completed interviews were obtained from both partners of 413 married couples, 261 cohabiting couples and 335 dating non-cohabiting heterosexual couples (2,018 individuals), where the female is age 20 to 35 years and the male is age 18 or older. Other eligibility criteria are that the female is not currently pregnant, postpartum, or trying to get pregnant, and where both partners are neither medically nor surgically sterile (for whom consistency of contraceptive use is of limited interest). The survey used computer-assisted self interviewing (CASI) to collect data from an area probability sample of household residents in four cities and their adjacent county subdivisions: Baltimore, MD; Durham, NC; St. Louis, MO; and Seattle, WA. This survey obtained separate, parallel reports from both partners, providing unique and detailed data on the power relations, birth desires, and method-related expectancies, values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors of men and women making contraceptive and disease prevention choices within the context of an intimate heterosexual relationship. ... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24384

Member of

• ICPSR (Series), 24384

Additional physical form

Also available as downloadable files.

Cataloging source

ICPSR

Characteristic

numeric data

Date time place

Start: 2005; and end: 2006

Geographic coverage

Baltimore, Durham, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Seattle, St Louis, United States, Washington.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

ICPSR

Series volume

24384

Target audience

specialized