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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableb0156
LabelCODE FOR 1ST OTHER INFECTION
Responses
-6 UNABLE TO EXAMINE 0
-3 NOT STATED 46
-2 NOT KNOWN 15
-1 NOT APPLICABLE 2050
10 SCARLATINA 7
11 CHEST INFECTION 7
12 RUBELLA 133
13 GASTROENTERITIS 25
14 TONSILITIS 26
15 MENINGITIS 4
16 PNEUMONIA 10
17 BRONCHITIS 51
18 BRONCHOPNEUMONIA 1
19 ECZEMA 17
20 ASTHMA 4
21 CROUP 13
22 VIRAL INFECTION 1
23 DYSENTERY 3
24 INFLUENZA 7
25 BELL'S PALSY 1
26 SALMONELLA 1
27 THROAT INFECTION 4
28 CONJUNCTIVITIS 3
29 OTITIS MEDIA 10
30 WHEEZY ILLNESSES 4
31 EAR INFECTION 3
32 THRUSH 1
33 DIARRHOEA + VOMITING 2
34 COLIC 0
35 GASTRITIS 1
36 EAR ABCESS 1
37 GASTRIC FLU. 1
38 URINARY TRACT INFECT 1
39 ROSEOLA INFANTUM 2
40 EPISTAXIS 1
41 JABS;URTICAR.+PYREXI 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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