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LS variable metadata

MLC8A1WI
TableWDOW Widow(er)hoods
Short descriptionAlpha code (ICD8) for 1st cause of death of spouse (deaths April 1971 - April 1981)
SourceDraft entry for deaths (Form 310): Question 8
Code notesApril 1971 - April 1981: The alpha code indicates the position on the death draft of the multiple cause code to which it applies 'A' = Question 8, line Ia of the death draft 'B' = Line Ib 'C' = line Ic 'Z' = Line II ' ' = indicates that the following multiple cause code is the same as the preceding one '(' = the immediately following multiiple cause code provides additional information about the preceding one 'M' = the following multiple cause code is a morphology code for the preceding multiple cause code See Events Appendix 2 Note: 1 'A' is always the first prefix 2 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'Z' prefixes appear only once per record and in the order shown, although they need not all be present 3 ' ' and '(' prefixes can appear any number of times after any of the other prefixes Deaths 1982 - 2 Dec 1986: Not applicable. See MLC9A1WI Deaths 3 Dec 1986 - 31 Dec 1992: Not applicable. See ORCAD3WI/ ORCADXWI Deaths 1993 onward: Not applicable. See ICD9WI/ ICD91FWI

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


References

RefnumReference
821See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995), page 342 (death registration draft entry form), pp. 24-25 and page 98 (general details), pp. 101-103 (comparability), pp. 136-137 (data quality).
302Events Appendix 2

Additional information

ValueLabel
id3446
m204namePAABWDOW
fullname(WDOW)MLC8A1WI
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for deaths (Form 310): Question 8
derivedN
codelistN
formerlyMLCAC1DWI, MLCA8ACnDWI
restrictedN
formatText
length1
occurs4
enddate19810404
keywordMortality
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0WDOW

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS