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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991

Variable Details

Variablen505250
LabelCMI:46 C30 PREGNANCY 6: Months of unprotected sex before conception
Question text Until this pregnancy was conceived, for how long had you been having sex without regularly using birth control?
Responses
0 Less than 1 month 8
1 8
2 6
3 5
4 1
7 1
9 1
11 1
12 5
13 1
21 2
22 1
24 2
26 1
40 1
41 1
48 1
51 1
72 1
81 1
82 1
96 96 months or over 5
98 Don't know 7
Sysmiss 11407
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
Interviewer InstructionsWrite in number of months. If over 96 write in 96. If less than 1 month write in 00. IF ABORTION GO TO C45. Others ask C31.
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 33 at the time of NCDS5).;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe);See documentation for further details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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