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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008

Variable Details

Variabledmdres00
LabelS4 MAIN DV Respondent identity and interview status
Responses
1 Natural mother: interviewed 13336
2 Natural father: interviewed 390
3 Adoptive mother: interviewed 13
4 Adoptive father: interviewed 1
5 Foster mother: interviewed 1
6 Foster father: interviewed 0
7 Step mother/partner of father: interviewed 3
8 Step father/partner of mother: interviewed 6
9 Grandmother: interviewed 40
10 Grandfather: interviewed 1
11 Natural mother: by proxy 0
12 Natural father: by proxy 0
13 Step mother: by proxy 0
14 Step father: by proxy 0
15 Natural mother: not interviewed 56
16 Natural father: not interviewed 2
17 Adoptive mother: not interviewed 0
18 Adoptive father: not interviewed 0
19 Foster mother: not interviewed 0
20 Foster father: not interviewed 0
21 Step mother: not interviewed 0
22 Step father: not interviewed 0
23 Natural mother: by proxy, not interviewed 0
24 Natural father: by proxy, not interviewed 0
25 Other female non-relative: interviewed 0
26 Other male non-relative: interviewed 1
27 Other female non-relative: not interviewed 0
28 Other male non-relative: not interviewed 1
29 Step mother: by proxy, not interviewed 0
30 Step father: by proxy, not interviewed 0
31 Other female relative: interviewed 3
32 Other male relative: interviewed 1
33 Female, unknown relationship: interviewed 0
34 Male, unknown relationship: interviewed 0
35 Step parent, unknown sex: interviewed 0
36 Step parent, unknown sex: not interviewed 0
37 Adoptive parent, sex unknown: interviewed 0
38 Adoptive parent, sex unknown: not interviewed 0
39 Grandmother: not interviewed 0
40 Grandfather: not interviewed 1
41 Female, unknown relationship: not interviewed 0
42 Male, unknown relationship: not interviewed 0
43 Other female relative: not interviewed 0
44 Other male relative: not interviewed 0
45 Natural parent, unknown sex: interviewed 0
46 Natural parent, unknown sex: not interviewed 0
47 Natural parent, unknown sex: by proxy 0
48 Other male non-relative: by proxy 0
49 Other non-relative, sex unknown: interviewed 0
50 Unknown relationship, unknown sex: by proxy 0
51 Adoptive father: by proxy 0
52 Grandfather: by proxy 0
53 Other male non-relative: by proxy, no proxy interview 0
54 Other male relative: by proxy 0
55 Natural Sister: interviewed 1
56 Natural Brother: interviewed 0
57 Natural sister: not interviewed 0
58 Adoptive father: by proxy, no proxy interview 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008
UniverseThe 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
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).
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