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LS variable metadata

PSLIBBM
TableSBSM Still births to sample mothers
Short descriptionNumber of children previously born alive to sample mother.
SourceDraft entry for stillbirths (Form 308): confidential particulars Question 3(iii)
Code notesMay be imputed. 00 - 25 = Number of children; space (or -9) = Birth outside marriage; -5 = birth before 1993 and birth outside marriage. 1993 onwards, extra codes: 98 = 'Not Known' ; 99 = 'Blank or not stated' (from 1993 onwards)

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


References

RefnumReference
781See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995), page 342 (stillbirth registration draft entry form), page 25 and pp. 95-96 (general details), pp. 99-101 and page 103 (comparability), page 108 and pp. 125-136 (data quality).

Additional information

ValueLabel
id4048
m204namePAABSBSM
fullname(SBSM)PSLIBBM
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for stillbirths (Form 308): confidential particulars Question 3(iii)
derivedN
codelistN
notesThe question is asked only if the birth being registered is within marriage. The registrar records the number of the mother's previous liveborn children (excluding birth or births being registered) by her present husband and any former husband. Until May
restrictedN
formatText
length2
occurs10
keywordFertility
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0SBSM

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS