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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
Variable Details
| Variable | amwalka0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | S1 MAIN Development: walks a few steps C1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | ^All children develop at their own pace so I would like to ask whether ^Jack does certain things yet. Please say whether ^he does each thing often, has only done it once or twice, or whether ^he has not started to do this yet. (Thinking about ^Jack...) ^he can walk a few steps on ^his own. (1st child) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | CARD D2 AGAIN. ‘^All children develop at their own pace so I would like to ask whether ^Jack does certain things yet. Please’=‘All children develop at their own pace so I would like to ask whether ^Jack does certain things yet. Please’ if only one cohort baby [HHGrid.NOBA=1]; ‘All children develop at their own pace so I would like to ask whether ^Sophie and ^Emily do certain things yet. Let’s start with ^Sophie. Please’ if more than one cohort baby and referring to the first baby [HHGrid.NOBA=2,3,4,5,6]; ‘Now thinking about ^Emily, please’ if more than one cohort baby and referring to the second and subsequent babies [HHGrid.NOBA=2,3,4,5,6]; | ||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | The 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Longitudinal/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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