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Description & Citation--Study No. 3311

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3311
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03311
 
Title:Natality Detail File, 1986: [United States]
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics
 
Series:Natality Detail File Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. NATALITY DETAIL FILE, 1986: [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics [producer], 1988. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03311
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This collection provides information on live births in the United States during calendar year 1986. The natality data in this file are a component of the vital statistics collection effort maintained by the federal government. Geographic variables of residence for births include the state, county, city, population, division and state subcode, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan county. Other variables include the race and sex of the child, the age of the mother, mother's education, place of delivery, person in attendance, and live-birth order. The natality tabulations in the documentation include live births by age of mother, live-birth order and race of child, live births by marital status of mother, age of mother, and race of child, and live births by attendant and place of delivery.
 
Subject Term(s):birth rates, birth records, fertility, fertility rates, population growth, vital statistics
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1986
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, documentation has been converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), data files have been converted to non-platform-specific formats, and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity. (2) Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the data file and technical documentation in this collection in their original form as prepared by NCHS. (3) The codebook is provided by the data producer as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2001-12-21
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Natality Detail File, 1986: [United States]
 

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