Dataset Description

Title

1950 Questionnaire Dataset

Alternate Title

nshd_50

Case Quantity
5,362
Variables
100
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Data

SPSS

Name Label
Numeric SERNO
Code ADV50 Mother's willingness to accept advice from Health Visitor 1950
Code BEDR50 Number of bedrooms 1950
Code CH50 5-15 yr olds in family 1950 Mothers' own children
Code CHA50 5-15 yr olds in household 1950
Code CHB50 5-15 yr olds in household not siblings 1950 not mother's own children
Code CHS50 Help looking after child in 1950
Code CIRC4650 Age of circumcision up to 4 yrs. Actual age coded in months to 48 months
Code CLC50 Cleanliness of child 1950 (Health Visitor's opinion)
Code CLH50 Cleanliness of house 1950 - Health Visitor's opinion
Code CLO50 Clothes repair 1950 (health visitor's opinion)
Code COLF4950 Father's colds Xmas 49 - June 1950
Code COLM4950 Mother's colds Xmas 1949 - June 1950
Code COLO4950 Other children's colds Xmas 49 - June 1950
Code COMP50 Form completion 1950 (2nd f.u.)
Code CROW50 Crowding 1950
Code DAAN2 Date of interview - AN2
Code DISE4650 Discharging ears - age of first - attack up to 1950 (months)
Code DISH4650 Discharging ears - treatment - up to 1950
Code DISL4650 Discharging ears - length of attack - up to 1950 (months)
Code DWED50 Age of dwelling
Code DWEF50 On which floor (for flat dwellers and roomers only)
Code DWEL50 Type of dwelling 1950
Code EAT50 Eating difficulties at 4 yrs
Code FAM50 Size of family (children) 1950 mother's own children - survey child and surviving siblings
Code FAT50 Total in family (siblings & adults) 1950 mother's own children, self & husband
Code FOCC50 Occupation (fathers'). Also see OG50
Code FOO50 Food between meals
Code FSTAT50 Fathers' status variables (1950) also see OG50
Code GP50 Grandparents in household, 1950
Code GP501 Grandparents in household, 1950 - first option chosen
Code GP502 Grandparents in household, 1950 - second option chosen
Code GP503 Grandparents in household, 1950 - third option chosen
Code HBE Behaviour differences after being in hospital - 1st admission only
Code HOME50 Material home conditions in 1950. Derived from REP50, DWED50, CROW50, CLH50, CLC50. SHO50, CLO50, MAN50. Lowest score = poorest conditions.
Code HOU50 Total in household 1950 (children and adults)
Code HT50 Height at 4 years (inches) ½ inches coded alternately up and down
Code HV46 H.V. (Health Visitor) visits in 1946
Code HV47 H.V. (Health Visitor) visits in 1947
Code HV48 H.V. (Health Visitor) visits in 1948
Code HV49 H.V. (Health Visitor) visits in 1949
Code HVT4649 Total visits by H.V. (Health Visitor) doing interview 1946 & 47 & 48 & 49
Code INF50 Children less than 5 yrs old in family 1950 (including survey child). Mother's own children
Code INFA50 Total infants less than 5 yrs old in household 1950 (including survey child)
Code INFB50 Infants less than 5 years old not members of family 1950 not mother's own children
Code IWC48 Infant Welfare Centre visits 1948
Text IWC4849 Infant Welfare Centre visits 1948-49
Numeric IWC49 Infant Welfare Centre visits 1949
Numeric IWCT Time taken (or would take) to to get to Infant Welfare Centre
Numeric LIVR50 Number own living rooms 1950
Numeric LIVRS50 Number of shared living rooms 1950
Numeric MAN50 Mother's management and understanding of child compared with others in H.V. (Health Visitor) care 1950 (not cleanliness of child or home)
Numeric MH50 Metric height of SM in 1950 in mm (derived) (mean 1031.23 - 4284 observations)
Numeric MW50 Metric weight of SM in 1950 in kilos x 10 (derived) (mean 172.33 - 4389 observations)
Text NHT50 Height at age 4 coded in inches
Text NIH50 Indication of whether any change made to original height variable (NHT50)
Numeric NIW50 NIght wetting at 4 yrs
Text NIWT50 Indication of whether any change made to original weight variable (NWT50)
Text NWT50 Weight at age 4 coded in pounds
Text OHC50 Occasional help for mother with child at 4 yrs
Numeric OHC501 Occasional help for mother with child at 4 yrs - first option chosen
Numeric OHC502 Occasional help for mother with child at 4 yrs - second option chosen
Numeric OHC503 Occasional help for mother with child at 4 yrs - third option chosen
Numeric OHC504 Occasional help for mother with child at 4 yrs - fourth option chosen
Text OHH50 Occasional help with household at 4 yrs
Numeric OHH501 Occasional help with household at 4 yrs - first option chosen
Numeric OHH502 Occasional help with household at 4 yrs - second option chosen
Numeric OHH503 Occasional help with household at 4 yrs - third option chosen
Numeric OTH50 Total others in household 1950 - not mother's own children. Actual no. coded
Numeric OWN50 Ownership of house 1950
Numeric PAW50 Father away regularly for work reasons 24hrs or more at a time when child 4 yrs old
Numeric PLAP50 Where child usually plays
Numeric PLAP501 Where child usually plays - first option chosen
Numeric PLAP502 Where child usually plays - second option chosen
Numeric PLAP503 Where child usually plays - third option chosen
Numeric PLAP504 Where child usually plays - fourth option chosen
Numeric PLAW50 With whom child usually plays
Numeric PLAW501 With whom child usually plays - first option chosen
Numeric PLAW502 With whom child usually plays - second option chosen
Numeric PLAW503 With whom child usually plays - third option chosen
Numeric PLAW504 With whom child usually plays - fourth option chosen
Numeric POT50 Potting at 4 years
Numeric RBWAN2 Remembered birth weight (difference of remembered and actual birth weights). first digit=1 if 1946 weight higher than remembered, 2 if lower. 2nd and 3rd digits = oz difference. e.g. 108 = remembered weight is 8 oz lower than actual.
Numeric REP50 Repair of dwelling 1950
Numeric RHH50 Regular help for mother with house at 4 years
Numeric ROOM50 Total number of rooms used by household 1950
Numeric SEA4650 Age at separation from Mother - information at 4 yrs - longest time separated
Numeric SED4650 Days separated from mother for longest time - information at 4 years
Numeric SHO50 Child's shoes 1950
Numeric SLED50 Shared bed aged 4 years
Numeric SLED501 Shared bed aged 4 years - first option chosen
Numeric SLED502 Shared bed aged 4 years - second option chosen
Numeric SLED503 Shared bed aged 4 years - third option chosen
Numeric SLEP50 Shared room at age 4 yrs
Numeric SLEP501 Shared room at age 4 yrs - first option chosen
Numeric SLEP502 Shared room at age 4 yrs - second option chosen
Numeric SLEP503 Shared room at age 4 yrs - third option chosen
Numeric SLEP504 Shared room at age 4 yrs - fourth option chosen
Numeric WT50 Weight at 4yrs - without clothes. Coded in lbs
Numeric YARD50 Yard or garden 1950

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