Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995

Variable Details

Variablenss0816
LabelChildren: #1 Date of birth (month)
Question text And when was/were your child/children born?
Responses
1 111
2 112
3 124
4 110
5 122
6 118
7 110
8 108
9 131
10 115
11 92
12 96
28 2
98 Don't know 4
Sysmiss 359
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995
Interviewer InstructionsIF MORE THAN ONE CHILD, START WITH THE FIRST BIRTH AND WORK FORWARDS.
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of the main NCDS cohort, i.e. all those living in England and Wales born in one particular week in 1958, who had participated in an earlier NCDS follow-up and were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample.;A simple random sample of the NCDS cohort. Twenty-five sampling points were used, based on interval sampling of all postcode areas in England and Wales, with a random starting point.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort conducted between the fifth and sixth full NCDS cohort surveys.