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LS variable metadata

DUR1WI
TableWDOW Widow(er)hoods
Short descriptionDuration of illness (1993 onwards). Death of spouse of LSM.
SourceDetails 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 notes1993 onwards: Alphanumeric, spaces

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


Additional information

ValueLabel
id4083
m204namePAABWDOW
fullname(WDOW)DUR1WI
descriptionThis 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
sourceDetails 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
derivedN
codelistN
notesThe 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 problem when details in this field are copied to ACCS (Automated Cause Coding System) for matching with the allowable durations within the ACCS System. Some information is therefore lost to ACCS processing. Because this field can contain numeric or alpha characters only, or a combination of alpha and numeric, no input code range can be defined. See ACCST field for information about ACCS. See DURACCS for information on durations returned by ACCS.
restrictedN
formatText
length5
occurs1
startdate19930101
keywordMortality
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0WDOW

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS