CeLSIUS DATA DICTIONARY
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LS variable metadata
| PARANB | |
|---|---|
| Table | NBIR New births of LS members |
| Short description | Number of live and stillborn children previously born to mother of new birth |
| Source | Draft entry for Births (Form 309): Confidential particulars Question 3 (iii) |
| Code notes | 00-25 = No of previous births space= Birth outside marriage From 1993 onwards, extra code 99 = 'Blank or not stated' This is the number of live and stillborn children (excluding the birth(s) being registered) previously born to the mother by this or any former husband The question is only asked if the birth being registered is within marriage Numbers of births may have been imputed |
Variable coding
The codelist for this variable is not available.
References
| Refnum | Reference |
|---|---|
| 812 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) p342 (live birth registration draft entry form), p345 (record of live birth form), pp24-25, pp94-95 (general details), pp99-101 (comparability of data), pp109-115 (data quality). |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
|---|---|
| id | 3739 |
| m204name | PAABNBIR |
| fullname | (NBIR)PARANB |
| description | |
| codedas | |
| source | Draft entry for Births (Form 309): Confidential particulars Question 3 (iii) |
| derived | N |
| codelist | N |
| notes | Until May 2012 the number of previous births was collected for those occurring within marriage only. From 28 May 2012 the total number of previous births that a mother has had is collected for all birth registrations (inside and outside of marriage) |
| restricted | N |
| format | Text |
| length | 2 |
| occurs | 1 |
| keyword | Fertility |
| classification | |
| comvarind | |
| comvartime | |
| field0 | NBIR |