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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableb0007
LabelAGE AT EXAMINATION
Responses
-3 NOT STATED 12
-2 NOT KNOWN 5
639 2
640 1
642 1
646 1
647 2
648 2
649 4
650 1
651 3
652 5
653 1
654 7
655 13
656 15
657 48
658 33
659 47
660 47
661 59
662 65
663 60
664 75
665 63
666 62
667 65
668 69
669 66
670 63
671 76
672 64
673 67
674 69
675 72
676 71
677 77
678 85
679 65
680 73
681 78
682 63
683 54
684 54
685 60
686 38
687 31
688 17
689 20
690 14
691 14
692 18
693 12
694 10
695 17
696 9
697 6
698 11
699 17
700 9
701 10
702 4
703 7
704 7
705 10
706 7
707 7
708 6
709 7
710 3
711 3
712 3
713 6
714 6
715 1
716 3
717 6
718 7
719 9
720 5
721 3
723 3
725 3
726 3
727 2
729 1
730 3
731 11
733 15
734 8
735 7
736 4
737 2
738 5
739 6
740 2
741 2
742 5
743 4
744 4
745 4
746 1
747 2
748 3
749 2
750 2
752 3
753 1
754 2
757 1
758 3
761 2
764 3
766 1
770 1
771 2
773 2
774 1
776 2
778 1
779 1
782 1
783 4
784 3
785 1
786 1
787 1
788 1
789 2
790 1
791 1
793 3
794 2
795 1
797 1
803 1
804 1
808 1
809 1
811 2
823 1
827 2
829 1
832 1
839 2
847 1
859 1
863 1
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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