The stereotype may be that women are the ones who want children, but a new study suggests that US women are more open to remaining childless than men are. Using data from two national surveys (National Survey of Families and Households and General Social Survey), researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville found that women had more positive views of childlessness than men did. (Reuters Health)

Citation: Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox & Gretchen Pendell (2007). The gender gap in attitudes about childlessness in the United States. Journal of Marriage and Family 69(4): 899–915. (Available online to the Penn State community)

The NSFH Wave 3 files acquired on March 15th as updates for the PRI NSFH PopNet UNIX collection are now available via SodaPop.

The NSFH Wave 3 collection on PopNet UNIX has been updated in the following manner:

Roster 1 - Household Members Data:
In /home/data/nsfh/wave_3/roster1
nsfh3_rost1_resp.sav (Household Members Data, Respondent Only) NEW
nsfh3_rost1_spouse.sav (Household Members Data, Spouse/Partner Only) NEW

Roster 2 - Sons and Daughters Living Elsewhere:
In /home/data/nsfh/wave_3/roster2
ceroster.sav (S&DLE Combined Respondent and Spouse/Partner) UPDATED
ceroster_r.sav (S&DLE Respondent Only) NEW
ceroster_s.sav (S&DLE Spouse/Partner Only) NEW

Roster 3 - Step-Children Living Elsewhere:
In /home/data/nsfh/wave_3/roster3
step_else_r.sav (Step_Else Respondent Only) NEW
step_else_s.sav (Step_Else Spouse/Parnter Only) NEW

Union and Marriage History:
In /home/data/nsfh/wave_3/union_hist
unionhist.sav (Union History File) UPDATED
marhist.sav (Marriage History File) UPDATED
fcunionhist.sav (Focal Child Union History File) UPDATED
fcmarhist.sav (Focal Child Marital History File) UPDATED
(All documentation files -*.txt - have also been updated for Union History)

The new and revised files will be added to the NSFH SodaPop Collection as soon as it is possible (new versions will be replacing existing versions where applicable).