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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

Variabledelonse
LabelPEDW: Method to induce labour
Responses
0 Unknown code 0 127
1 Spontaneous 169
2 Caesarean section carried out before the onset of labour 38
3 Surgical induction; by amniotomy 20
4 Medical induction; including administration of agents 61
5 Combination of surgical induction and medical induction 18
6 Unknown code 6 4
8 Unknown code 8 3
9 Not known 0
Sysmiss 1930
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study, 2001-2003: Birth Registration and Maternity Hospital Episode Data
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