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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study, 2001-2003: Birth Registration and Maternity Hospital Episode Data

Variable Details

Variabledelmeth
LabelHES: Delivery method of baby
Responses
0 Spontaneous vertex 3620
1 Spontaneous other cephalic 190
2 Low forceps, not breech 101
3 Other forceps, not breech 73
4 Ventouse, vacuum extraction 397
5 Breech 14
6 Breech extraction 6
7 Elective caesarean section 510
8 Emergency caesarean section 669
9 Other 512
Sysmiss 2597
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study, 2001-2003: Birth Registration and Maternity Hospital Episode Data
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