Research Catalog

Title

National maternal and infant health survey, 1988 [electronic resource].

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035

Summary

This survey was designed to explore factors that cause negative pregnancy outcomes. Questions were asked of pregnant women concerning prenatal care, weight gain or loss during pregnancy, alcohol, cigarette, or drug use during pregnancy, and whether vitamin or mineral supplements were taken before or during pregnancy. In addition, questions were asked about the use of home pregnancy tests, exercise before and during pregnancy, medical care before, during, and after delivery, previous pregnancies and their outcomes, birth control use, and how the mother felt and behaved. Demographic information about the mother such as marital status, marital history, date of birth, state of birth, mother's weight at birth, weight changes before, during, and after pregnancy, height, race, education, work history, and place of residence was obtained. Information about the father includes items such as age, height, weight, education, and job status. In addition, family income questions were asked, as were questions about the health, care, and feeding of the baby. Information was also taken from birth certificates and fetal and infant death certificates.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 9730

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 9730.

Subject

• Birth control
• Birth
• Infant mortality
• Infants > United States > Mortality
• Pregnancy
• Prenatal care > United States > Statistics
• Prenatal care
• Reproductive history

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1988.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on February 25, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 2 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF).

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: 1988.
• Time period: 1988.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. NATIONAL MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SURVEY, 1988 [Computer file]. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics [producer], 1991. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: LRECL.

Terms of Use (note)

• Restrictions: in preparing the data tape(s) for this collection, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has removed direct identifiers and characteristics that might lead to identification of data subjects. As an additional precaution, NCHS requires, under section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m), that data collected by NCHS not be used for any purpose other than statistical analysis and reporting. NCHS further requires that analysts not use the data to learn the identity of any persons or establishments and that the director of NCHS be notified if any identities are inadvertently discovered. ICPSR member institutions and other users ordering data from ICPSR are expected to adhere to these restrictions.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library