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An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know (cid:0)    BACK TO TOPICS PAGE [/ACS/WWW/ABOUT/WHY-WE-ASK-EACH-QUES… Your privacy concerns We use your confidential survey answers to create statistics like those in the results below and in the full tables that contain all th data—no one is able to figure out your survey answers from the statistics we produce. The Census Bureau is legally bound to strict confidentiality requirements. Individual records are not shared with anyone, including federal agencies and law enforcemen entities. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with anyone, including companies, other federal agenci and law enforcement. Question as it appears on the form We ask one question about whether a woman had a baby in the past 12 months to create (cid:0)    VIEW QUESTION statistics about the characteristics of women giving birth. Results from this question The results from this question are compiled to provide communities with important statistics to understand changing households and plan future services. You can see some of these published statistics here for the nation, states, and your community. United States Women who Gave Birth in the Past 12 Months 3,997,128 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Births in the Past 12 Months to Unmarried Women 31.4 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Women who Gave Birth in the Past 12 Months that are in the Labor Force 66.7 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S1301] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables: S1301 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S1301] Fertility data help communities: Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No Provide Health Care to Children and Families We ask about the numbers of women with a recent birth in combination with other information, such as marital status, labor force status, household income, health insurance status, and poverty status, to help communities understand changes in the demand for health care. For example, communities, tribes, and the federal government use statistics on how many American Indian babies are born to estimate the demand for health care through the Indian Health Service. Understand Changing Households We ask about the characteristics of women who are giving birth, including where they live, to understand potential impacts on housing, public health, and pollution. Though local vital statistics offices typically have a count of births per year, along with some characteristics of the parents, fertility data provide federal program planners, policymakers, and researchers a more complete picture of families. This is because we collect additional statistics about the age, education, and employment of parents in households welcoming children, and other important information about the homes (age, size, etc.) and households (poverty level, language spoken, and living arrangements, etc.). State and local agencies use these statistics in combination with other information about new mothers, such as education and income, to understand future needs for the local education system and health services. History of fertility question The decennial census began asking about fertility in 1940. The ACS fertility question was added in 2005 when the ACS replaced the decennial census long form. Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No [https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No