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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Birth and 22-Month Subsample, 1970-1972

Variable Details

Variablea0292
LabelOperations in Puerperium
Responses
-3 Not Stated 353
-2 Not Known 2
0 None 16195
1 Sterilization 543
10 Evacuation of Uterus 53
11 Vaginal Surg 2ndary 30
12 Dental Operations 2
13 Brst Abcess Incision 1
14 Resuture of Abdomen 4
15 Ster-Resut Abdomen 2
16 Other Abdominal Ops 3
17 Other Operations 1
18 Evac Ute-2srg C V V 2
19 Ster-Evac of Uter 1
77 Unspecified 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Birth and 22-Month Subsample, 1970-1972
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Children born in one particular week in 1970. The Birth sample covered the United Kingdom while the 22-month Sub-sample covered Great Britain only.
SamplingNo sampling (total universe); One-stage stratified or systematic random sample;The Birth sample (A) included all babies born (alive or dead) after the 24th week of gestation, in one particular week in 1970 in the United Kingdom.<br>The 22-month sub-sample (B) is a 10% sample of the live births in (A) plus all multiple births, all singleton children born at later than 42 weeks gestation, and all singleton children who were on or below the 5th centile of birthweight for their length of gestation.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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