Sweep Description

Title

Perinatal Mortality Survey

Alternate Title

NCDS Birth

Principal Investigator

Professor Neville Butler

Publisher

National Birthday Trust Fund

Abstract

NCDS has its origins in the Perinatal Mortality Survey. Sponsored by the National Birthday Trust Fund, this was designed to examine the social and obstetric factors associated with stillbirth and death in early infancy among the 17,000 children born in Great Britain in that one week.

Study website: www.cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1958-national-child-development-study/ncds-age-birth-sweep

LifeStage

Pregnancy, birth and infancy

LifeStageDescription

Pregnancy - 1 year

Coverage

Date
April1958 - April1958
Highest Level
Country
Country
GB-ENG
Country
GB-WLS
Country
GB-SCT

Funding

Data

Kinds of Data
Survey Data, Demographic Data, Measurement Data, Administrative Data
Analysis Unit
Individual
Data Files

NCDS Birth Questionnaire

Name

pms

Label

NCDS Birth Questionnaire

Instruments
Collection Organisation
National Birthday Trust Fund
Data Collection Date
1958 - 1958
Mode of Data Collection

Face-to-face paper and pencil interviewing.

Extra

Metadata Packages
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