National Survey of Fertility Barriers -- Working Papers Series Copyright (c) 2013 University of Nebraska - Lincoln All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nsfbworking Recent documents in National Survey of Fertility Barriers -- Working Papers Series en-us Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:54:39 PST 3600 NSFB 101: Getting Started with the National Survey of Fertility Barriers http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nsfbworking/2 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nsfbworking/2 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:44:29 PST The NSFB research team presented the National Survey of Fertility Barriers (NSFB) Data Users’ Workshop at the Population Association of America (PAA) annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, on April 17, 2010. This workshop provided an opportunity to explore wave 1 of the nationally representative NSFB public-use dataset and to learn how the data can be used to answer various research questions related to (sub, in)fecundity, fecundity intentions and pathways, fertility outcomes, and the psychosocial dynamics that operate between fecundity and fertility.

Why did we do a population based, longitudinal, telephone study of fertility/infertility that includes partners? It was the most efficient way to answer compelling questions Greil’s (1997) critical review of past research on the social psychological impact of infertility showed the need for new data.

]]> Karina M. Shreffler et al. National Survey of Fertility Barriers: Methodology Report for Wave 1 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nsfbworking/1 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nsfbworking/1 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:42:42 PST This methodology report provides information on the first wave of the National Survey of Fertility Barriers (NSFB). This nationally representative telephone survey of women age 25-45 was funded by grant R01-HD044144 from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) entitled “Infertility: Pathways and Psychological Outcomes.” Professor Lynn K. White was the Principal Investigator for the first two years of the project. Following her retirement, Professor David R. Johnson assumed this role. The survey was conducted between 2004 and 2007 and includes completed interviews with 4,712 women age 25 to 45 and 936 of their partners. The data were collected by the Survey Research Center at The Pennsylvania State University and the Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Bureau of Sociological Research is currently in the field re-interviewing the respondents three years after their initial interview. The field work on the second wave is not expected to be completed until the end of 2009. The documentation in this report is directed towards researchers who are interested in conducting analyses of the public release version of these data. The data are being released and are archived with the Population Research Institute at Penn State University. Inquiries about the NSFB should be directed to the study Principal Investigator Professor David R. Johnson at Penn State University (drj10@psu.edu) or to Professor Julia McQuillan, a project investigator at the University of Nebraska (jmcquillan2@unlnotes.unl.edu).

Contents

Research Procedures
Study Design and Sample Selection
The Survey Interview Schedules
Obtaining Interviews and Response Rate Analysis
Representativeness and Calculation of Sample Weights
Management of the Study

Appendices:
A. Proposal
B. Letters Sent to Respondents
C. Survey Interview Schedules and Frequencies
D. Planned Missing Design Information
E. Response Rate Formulas and Calculations
F. Interviewer Guides
G. Responses to Open-ended Questions
H. Constructed Variables Glossary and Sample Syntax
I. List of Variables in the Data File
J. Comparisons with Select External Measures
K. Imputation of Planned Missing Data

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