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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003

Variable Details

Variableamadmxa0
LabelS1 MAIN Reason for first hopital admission C1 R1
Question text ^What was the reason ^Jack was admitted? (1st child)
Responses
1 Gastroenteritis 236
2 Chest infection or pneumonia 699
3 Wheezing or asthma 178
4 Convulsion, fit or loss of consciousness 73
5 Meningitis 71
6 Pyloric stenosis 35
7 Hernia 57
8 Circumcision 3
9 Other operation 0
50 Other/High temperature/acute viral infection unspecified 140
51 Other/Chicken pox 12
52 Other/Measles or whooping cough 19
53 Other/Urinary tract infection 64
54 Other/Infection of nose, ear or throat, croup, flu or severe 81
55 Other/Other severe infection 30
56 Other/Other mild infection 85
57 Other/Breathing problem 87
58 Other/Feeding problem 48
59 Other/Skin problems including rashes 46
60 Other/Eczema 16
61 Other/Other allergy, except wheezing, asthma or eczema 32
62 Other/Colic 17
63 Other/Constipation or bleeding from the bowel 32
64 Other/Jaundice 69
65 Other/Failure to gain weight or grow 37
66 Other/Persistent or severe diarrhoea, except gastroenteritis 17
67 Other/Reaction(s) to immunisation(s) 17
68 Other/Severe or persistent vomiting 54
69 Other/Reflux or other vomiting 98
70 Other/Congenital heart disease, definite 26
71 Other/Congenital heart disease, not yet definite 17
72 Other/Congenital dislocation of hip, definite 7
73 Other/Congenital dislocation of hip, not yet definite 10
74 Other/Clubfoot (Talipes equinovarus), definite 7
75 Other/Talipes, not yet definite 1
76 Other/Specified skeletal abnormalities (bone, skull, spine, 22
77 Other/Urogenital abnormalities 15
78 Other/Gastrointestinal abnormalities 20
79 Other/Harelip/cleft palate 15
80 Other/Skin abnormalities 4
81 Other/Chromosomal or genetic abnormalities 1
82 Other/Brain, central nervous, spinal cord or special sense a 5
83 Other/Other congenital abnormalities major 10
84 Other/Other congenital abnormalities minor 17
85 Other answer (not codeable 1-9, 50-84) 162
86 Irrelevant response 2
95 Other reason 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 1
-1 Not applicable 15857
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
Interviewer Instructions^What = ‘What’ if admitted once only [ADMA=1] ‘Thinking about the first time ^Jack was admitted, what’ if more than once admission and referring to the first time [ADMA>1]. ‘Thinking about the second time ^Jack was admitted, what’ if referring to the second admission; and so on [ADMA>1].
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.
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