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LS variable metadata

LEGAIM
TableIDMI Infant mortality - Infant death of a birth to sample mother
Short descriptionBirth inside/outside marriage (code at birth).
SourceDraft entry for births (Form 309) or Draft entry for Stillbirths (Form 308), Confidential particulars, Question 3 Previously known as 'Legitimacy'
Code notes1971-1985: 1= Birth within marriage 2= Birth outside marriage 1986 onwards: 1= within marriage 2= outside marriage, sole registration 3= outside marriage, joint registration, parents at same address 4= outside marriage, joint registration parents at different addresses

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


References

RefnumReference
783See 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).

Additional information

ValueLabel
id2317
m204namePAABIDMI
fullname(IDMI)LEGAIM
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for births (Form 309) or Draft entry for Stillbirths (Form 308), Confidential particulars, Question 3 Previously known as 'Legitimacy'
derivedN
codelistN
notesA birth is coded within marriage if the date of marriage was given in the confidential particulars (Question 3), or if the father's details were given but the mother registered the birth alone and other information on the form suggested they were married
restrictedN
formatText
length1
occurs4
keywordFertility
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0IDMI

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS