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LS variable metadata
| AGDC3DDE |
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| Table | DETH Deaths of LS members |
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| Short description | Age at death (years) of LS member. |
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| Source | Derived from draft entry for deaths (Form 310): Questions 1 and 5. |
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| Code notes | 1971-1972:
000 - 110
1973 onwards:
000 - 120 |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| -3 | Missing/corrupt |
| -9 | Noy known |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 776 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 343 (death registration draft entry form), page 25 and pp. 96-97 (general details), pp. 101-104 (comparability of data), page 108 and pp. 117-121 (data quality). |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 371 |
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| m204name | PAABDETH |
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| fullname | (DETH)AGDC3DDE |
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| description | Age in completed years. |
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| codedas | |
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| source | Derived from draft entry for deaths (Form 310): Questions 1 and 5. |
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| derived | Y |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | Variable reoccurs in character position 1105 (mnemonic changed from AGDC3DDE to FILLERDE for computer users of the MRC datastream) The ages at death in a small number of records (e g 0.3% of females TRACIND 4, 10, 13 on MRC92B data stream) are incorrect J |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Text |
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| length | 3 |
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| occurs | 1 |
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| keyword | Age |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | DETH |
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