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LS variable metadata
| AGDC5DIM |
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| Table | IDMI Infant mortality - Infant death of a birth to sample mother |
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| Short description | Age of deceased infant of LS member. |
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| Source | |
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| Code notes | 1971-1992:
00001-00022 See Events Appendix 8
Indicates age of deceased, under 30 minutes to 11 months For ages 2 days and above based on date of birth and date of death |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | under 30 minutes |
| 2 | under 1 day |
| 3 | 1 day |
| 4 | 2 days |
| 5 | 3 days |
| 6 | 4 days |
| 7 | 5 days |
| 8 | 6 days |
| 9 | 1 week (7-13 days) |
| 10 | 2 weeks (14-20 days) |
| 11 | 3 weeks (21-27 days) |
| 12 | 4 weeks (28-30 days) |
| 13 | 2 months |
| 14 | 3 months |
| 15 | 4 months |
| 16 | 5 months |
| 17 | 6 months |
| 18 | 7 months |
| 19 | 8 months |
| 20 | 9 months |
| 21 | 10 months |
| 22 | 11 months |
| 23 | over 1 year |
| -9 | Missing |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 783 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995), page 343 (death registration draft entry form), page 25 and page 96 (general details), pp. 99-104 (comparability), pp. 141-145 (data quality). |
| 309 | Events Appendix 8 |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 295 |
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| m204name | PAABIDMI |
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| fullname | (IDMI)AGDC5DIM |
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| description | Not coded after 31/2/92. See instead AGDC3DIM. |
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| codedas | |
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| derived | N |
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| codelist | Y |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Text |
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| length | 5 |
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| occurs | 4 |
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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 | IDMI |
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