Table 1.

Ratio of Survey Fertility Rates to Population Fertility Rates (Using Multivariate Imputation by Chained Equations to Impute Missing Father Ages on the Birth Certificates)

Women at Risk for Given Age						Men at Risk for Given Age
	n	Survey Fertility Rate	VS Fertility Rate	Survey Minus VS	Survey Vs Ratio		n	Survey Fertility Rate	VS Fertility Rate	Survey Minus VS	Survey VS Ratio
NSFG Women (1991-2000 Period)						NSFG Men (1991-2000 Period)
15	2601	.013	.015	−.003	0.833	15	1885	.003	.003	.001	1.216
16	2607	.028	.032	−.004	0.873	16	1814	.007	.008	−.001	0.819
17	2643	.055	.053	.002	1.037	17	1708	.015	.019	−.004	0.800
18	2681	.072	.078	−.006	0.918	18	1642	.025	.036	−.011	0.699	*
19	2718	.096	.095	.001	1.014	19	1596	.032	.051	−.019	0.633	*
20	2720	.112	.104	.008	1.079	20	1548	.048	.066	−.018	0.733	*
21	2686	.117	.109	.008	1.069	21	1505	.054	.079	−.025	0.685	*
22	2680	.104	.115	−.010	0.909	22	1459	.069	.091	−.021	0.765	*
23	2657	.111	.115	−.004	0.964	23	1436	.089	.099	−.010	0.901
24	2663	.109	.114	−.005	0.958	24	1458	.102	.102	.000	0.999
15-19	2601	.053	.055	−.002	0.964	15-19	1596	.016	.023	−.007	0.706	*
20-24	2657	.111	.111	−.001	0.994	20-24	1436	.073	.087	−.015	0.831	*
15-24	2601	.082	.083	−.001	0.984	15-24	1436	.044	.055	−.011	0.805	*
NLSY79 Women (1957−64 Birth Cohort)						NLSY79 Men (1957−64 Birth Cohort)
15	4264	.014	.015	−.001	0.927	15	4028	.003	.002	.001	1.820
16	4264	.037	.034	.004	1.108	16	4028	.007	.006	.002	1.340
17	4264	.056	.054	.002	1.039	17	4028	.014	.014	−.001	0.942
18	4264	.070	.073	−.003	0.957	18	4028	.025	.030	−.005	0.830	*
19	4264	.090	.088	.002	1.022	19	4028	.040	.045	−.005	0.892
20	4264	.100	.098	.002	1.018	20	4028	.053	.061	−.008	0.874	*
21	4264	.103	.107	−.004	0.960	21	4028	.067	.076	−.009	0.876	*
22	4264	.105	.113	−.008	0.929	22	4028	.078	.088	−.010	0.887	*
23	4264	.106	.116	−.010	0.917	23	4028	.085	.099	−.014	0.855	*
24	4264	.110	.115	−.005	0.956	24	4028	.091	.102	−.011	0.888	*
15-19	4264	.053	.053	.001	1.013	15-19	4028	.018	.019	−.001	0.923
20-24	4264	.105	.110	−.005	0.954	20-24	4028	.075	.085	−.011	0.876	*
15-24	4264	.079	.081	−.002	0.973	15-24	4028	.046	.052	−.006	0.885
NLSY97 Women (1980−84 Birth Cohort)						NLSY97 Men (1980−84 Birth Cohort)
15	4336	.013	.014	−.001	0.943	15	4545	.003	.002	.001	1.271
16	4300	.028	.029	−.001	0.982	16	4518	.008	.007	.001	1.164
17	4266	.044	.046	−.003	0.940	17	4472	.016	.016	.000	1.025
18	4221	.063	.067	−.004	0.943	18	4418	.029	.030	.000	0.989
19	4164	.087	.087	.001	1.009	19	4352	.043	.044	−.001	0.969
20	4087	.088	.096	−.008	0.921	20	4266	.052	.056	−.004	0.923
21	3963	.093	.100	−.007	0.929	21	4109	.057	.067	−.009	0.862	*
22	3171	.107	.104	.004	1.036	22	3240	.064	.077	−.012	0.840	*
23	2329	.104	.104	−.001	0.995	23	2359	.074	.085	−.010	0.877
24	1506	.115	.107	.008	1.075	24	1476	.074	.091	−.018	0.809	*
15-19	4164	.047	.049	−.001	0.970	15-19	4352	.020	.020	.000	1.006
20-24	1506	.101	.102	−.001	0.993	20-24	1476	.064	.075	−.011	0.857
15-24	1506	.074	.075	−.001	0.986	15-24	1476	.042	.048	−.005	0.888

Notes: Fertility rates for different age groups are computed by averaging the ASFRs comprising them (weighting each age equally).

^*p < .05 (two-tailed test of population / survey rate difference)