This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableb0123
LabelREASON3 FOR STAYING IN HOSPITAL
Responses
-6 UNABLE TO EXAMINE 0
-3 NOT STATED 38
-2 NOT KNOWN 3
-1 NOT APPLICABLE 2395
10 DYSMATURE L.B-WEIGHT 0
11 PREMATURE L.B-WEIGHT 1
12 BREATH.DIFF. (BABY) 0
13 MOTHER STERILISATION 1
14 MOTHER TOX. PRE+POST 0
15 MOTHER CAES. SECTION 1
16 WEIGHT LOSS (BABY) 1
17 ?CEREB. HAEM.(BABY) 0
18 CALCIUM DEFNT.(BABY) 1
19 MOTHER FOODPOISONING 0
20 PRE-NAT.FOR INDUCT. 0
21 TWIN1/2 PREM/L.B.WT. 0
22 NEONATAL ASPHYXIA 1
23 FOETAL DISTRESS 0
24 ANAEMIA (BABY) 0
25 ANAEMIA (MATERNAL) 0
26 CYANOTIC ATK.BLUE BA 0
27 JAUNDICE (BABY) 2
28 CLEFT LIP SURGERY 0
29 COT NURS.HI.FCP.DEL. 0
30 MOTHER HIGH B.P. 0
31 BABY EYE INFECTION 1
32 AD.SPEC.NUR/B.CARE U 6
33 SPINA BIFIDA BABY 0
34 MOTHER P.N.PETIT MAL 0
35 B. TRANSFUSION BABY 0
36 B.TRANSFUSION MOTHER 0
37 LOW B.GLUCOSE BABY 1
38 LONG B.CLOT.TIME BAB 0
39 VOMIT.+DIARRHOEA BAB 0
40 SORE BUTTOCKS (BABY) 0
41 TWITCHING ATTACKS B 0
42 MOTHER LUMP BREAST 0
43 FEEDING DIFFICULT.B 0
44 MA FALL.OESTRIOL LEV 0
45 MANU.EXTRACT.PLACENT 0
46 MA HOME OTH CHILDREN 0
47 INC.CRAN.PRE.BAS.CIS 0
48 BABY IN INCUBATOR 0
49 TWIN 1 OR 2 STILLBN. 0
50 LOOSE STOOLS 0
51 MUCOVISCIDOSIS 1
52 SLOW DEVELOPMENT 0
53 CORD NOT SEPARATED 0
54 PUERPERAL DEPRESSION 0
55 CEREBRAL IRRITATION 0
56 MA THROAT +OR UR.INF 0
57 STRIDOR CONG.ANM.LAR 0
58 CHILD MICROCEPHALIC 0
59 SOCIAL REASONS 0
60 ANTE-PARTUM HAEMORR. 1
61 POST-PARTUM HAEMORR. 0
62 CERVICAL TEAR 0
63 INVES.BABY BLUE FEET 0
64 CYSTIC HAEGLOMA 0
65 BABY RHESUS (NEG) 1
67 SUSPECT.HYDROCEPH.BA 0
68 TRANSFERRED OTH.HOSP 0
69 SUSPECT.HEART COND. 0
70 B.OESOPHEGAL ATRESIA 0
71 MATERNAL D + C 0
72 BABY HAD A COLD 1
73 POOR CONDITION BABY 0
74 PYELITIS (BABY) 0
75 MA VOMITING I.V.DRIP 0
76 REJECTION BY NAT.MA 0
78 HAEMATEMESIS OF BABY 0
79 UNDERWEIGHT NOT PREM 0
80 BABY TO ATTAIN B.WT. 0
81 URINARY INF.BABY 0
82 SPONT.PNEUMOTHORAX B 0
83 GASTRO-ENTERITIS BAB 0
84 BABY HYPOGLYCAEMIC 0
85 RH.INCOM.+BAB.TRANS. 0
86 MOTHER RHESUS NEG. 0
87 DEHYDRATED 1
89 HOLE IN HEART 0
90 BABY KEPT IN OBSERV. 0
91 AXILLARY SWELLING 0
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
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.