CeLSIUS DATA DICTIONARY
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LS variable metadata
| DUR1WI | |
|---|---|
| Table | WDOW Widow(er)hoods |
| Short description | Duration of illness (1993 onwards). Death of spouse of LSM. |
| Source | Details are as supplied by the Registration Service Software or BAD System fields (DUR_1 to DUR_5). The field allows for 5 occurrences of DUR to match up with the 5 occurrences of CODT on the Registration portion of the record. Where a CODT occurrence is |
| Code notes | 1993 onwards: Alphanumeric, spaces |
Variable coding
The codelist for this variable is not available.
Additional information
| Value | Label |
|---|---|
| id | 4083 |
| m204name | PAABWDOW |
| fullname | (WDOW)DUR1WI |
| description | This data (next 5 fields) is to all intents and purposes unusable. Is first five characters of free-format text field. This field contains the numeric element of duration of illness. The unit element is held separately in DURUNIT. |
| codedas | |
| source | Details are as supplied by the Registration Service Software or BAD System fields (DUR_1 to DUR_5). The field allows for 5 occurrences of DUR to match up with the 5 occurrences of CODT on the Registration portion of the record. Where a CODT occurrence is |
| derived | N |
| codelist | N |
| notes | The field may contain alphanumeric details, eg 3-4 . In instances where alpha durations such as `long standing', `sudden', `since birth' apply there is a need for truncation into the limit of 5 characters allowed for this field. This truncation gives a pr |
| restricted | N |
| format | Text |
| length | 5 |
| occurs | 1 |
| startdate | 19930101 |
| keyword | Mortality |
| classification | |
| comvarind | |
| comvartime | |
| field0 | WDOW |