CeLSIUS DATA DICTIONARY
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LS variable metadata
| DOBBIN | |
|---|---|
| Table | CORE1x Core information for each LS member |
| Short description | Date of birth (binary) YYYYMMDD of LS member. |
| Source | |
| Code notes | 18xxxxxx - 20xxxxxx. Century, year, month and day will not normally appear on an event record unless discrepant with the core record date of birth. In such cases the variable DOBD001 on the core record will also be flagged. |
Variable coding
The codelist for this variable is not available.
References
| Refnum | Reference |
|---|---|
| 418 | See also DOBD001 on core file program specifications for 1991 Census - LS link. |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
|---|---|
| id | 185 |
| m204name | PAABCORE |
| fullname | (CORE1x)DOBBIN |
| description | As quoted at original entry into LS sample. |
| codedas | |
| derived | N |
| codelist | N |
| notes | Month & day not available for analysis. This binary form of DOB is in addition to the character format DOBDY (DD) DODMY (MM) AND DOBYR (YYYY). It is used for arithmetical calculations, e.g. deriving age at event involving another date. It should not be used as a display field: the character representation should be used in this case. |
| restricted | Y |
| format | Numeric |
| length | 8 |
| occurs | 1 |
| sasname | S11001 |
| keyword | Age |
| classification | |
| comvarind | |
| comvartime | |
| field0 | CORE1x |