Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003

Variable Details

Variableamprlmad
LabelS1 MAIN Complications during labour C1 MC4
Question text Were there any complications during ^Jack’s birth? (1st child) Response 4
Responses
1 No complications 0
2 Breech birth - feet first 0
3 Other abnormal lie eg shoulder first 0
4 Very long labour 0
5 Very rapid labour 0
6 Foetal distress - Heart rate sign 1
7 Foetal distress - Meconium or other sign 11
51 Other/Raised blood pressure 1
52 Other/Bleeding due to low lying placenta (Placenta praevia) 0
53 Other/Accidental haemorrhage, abruption 1
54 Other/Other haemorrhage, origin or timing unclear 1
55 Other/Cord around neck etc 5
56 Other/Head at the back (Occipitoposterior) 1
57 Other/Baby s head too big/mother s pelvis too small (Cephalo 1
58 Other/Unable to push baby out (Uterine inertia) 0
59 Other/Delay in labour, cervical 3
60 Other/Delay in labour, insufficient or partial information 3
61 Other/Severe maternal distress 4
62 Other/Baby ill, at or after birth, without mention of mother 5
63 Other/Maternal or placental problem post delivery 4
64 Other/Breech delivery other than footling 0
65 Other/Baby born early, premature, low birthweight 1
66 Other/Instrumentation, forceps, ventouse 0
67 Other/Infection in labour 2
68 Other/Failed induction 0
69 Other/Caesarian section 10
70 Other/Manual manipulation 0
71 Other/Early rupture of membranes 0
85 Other answer (not codeable 1-7, 51-71) 2
86 Irrelevant response 1
95 Other complication 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-1 Not applicable 18495
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
Interviewer InstructionsCARD C4. CODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseThe sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort<br><br>Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).<br><br>The population of eligible live births was selected from a random sample of electoral wards, disproportionately stratified to ensure adequate representation of all four UK countries, deprived areas and those with high concentrations of black and Asian families. See documentation for further details.