Question

National Survey of Family Growth 1982-2010

The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) provides nationally representative estimates and trends for infertility, surgical sterilization, and fertility among U.S. women and men aged 15-44. The NSFG survey has been administered since 1973, and its latest round in 2006-2010 consisted of 22,682 interviews. Infertility was defined as a lack of pregnancy in the 12 months prior to the survey despite having had unprotected sexual intercourse in each of those months with the same husband or partner. Women were classified as surgically sterile if they had an unreversed sterilizing operation, for example, a tubal sterilization or hysterectomy. Presumed fertile women were based on the residual category of those who did not meet the definitions for surgically sterile or infertile.

Table 1 Infertility Status of Women aged 15-44: U.S., 1982-2010
Status	1982	1995	2006-2010
Surgically sterile	39.8%	41.0%	36.9%
Infertile	8.5%	7.1%	6.0%
Presumed fertile	52.6%	51.9%	57.1%

Table 2 Infertility Status of Women aged 15-44, by Selected Characteristics, U.S., 2006-2010
Characteristic	Surgically Sterile	Infertile	Presumed fertile
Age (years)	Percent Distribution
15-24	3.3	3.7	92.9
25-29	15.8	5.6	78.7
30-34	30.5	4.6	65.0
35-39	44.2	7.8	48.0
40-44	59.1	6.2	34.7
Education
No High School diploma or GED	53.4	5.7	40.9
High School diploma or GED	52.3	6.4	41.4
Some college, no bachelor’s degree	39.8	4.5	55.7
Bachelor’s degree	30.7	7.9	61.4
Master’s degree or higher	21.7	6.0	72.2
Percent of poverty level
0-99	39.5	4.8	55.7
100-299	42.0	5.4	52.6
300-399	40.9	5.2	53.9
400 or more	23.0	8.7	68.3
Hispanic origin and race
Hispanic or Latina	36.8	6.1	57.1
Not Hispanic or Latina
White	38.4	5.5	56.1
Black or African American	39.1	7.2	53.7
Asian	17.0	5.6	77.4

1. Using these data and your knowledge, make a testable hypothesis about some aspect of infertility, fertility, or surgical sterilization using the above mentioned data. Identify and count the cases of infertility depending upon age, education, percent of poverty level in the year 2006-2010. Also compare the groups like surgical sterile, infertile and presume fertile. Clearly defined exposure groups, a specific outcome and a stated direction between the exposure and outcome in the years mentioned.

Answer 1

This survey showing result related to age group of 15 to 44 and showing percentage of women persumed geetika,sugically sterille and infertility and showing different aspect we can understand it point aise and can make hypothesis .