Summary information

Study title

Infant Mortality

Creator

Gleiss, Jörn (Kinderklinik der Medizinischen Akademie, Düsseldorf )

Study number / PID

ZA0155, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0155 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Sociological aspects of infant mortality. Topics: Number of pregnancies, miscarriages and premature births; psychological and medical care as well as complaints during pregnancy; type and length of employment during pregnancy as well as relief with housework; mothers consultation; type of medical support in delivery; place of delivery; complications in delivery; sex and weight of child; illnesses of the child; nursing; cause of death and manner of death of the child; attitude to contraception and abortion; family planning; family size and housing situation; type of tenancy; geographic origins. Demography: age (classified); marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); age and number of siblings; religious denomination; religiousness; school education; size of household; composition of household; social origins; regional origins; refugee status. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; over-all impression of the residence of respondent.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

10/1958 - 12/1958

Country

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Census of mothers whose children died in 1957 during the first year of life (483) as well as simple random selection of mothers whose children survived the first year in 1957 (487).

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1958

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

Related publications

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