DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06401.v1
title: National Maternal and Infant Health Survey, 1988: Longitudinal Follow-up, 1991
title: Version 1

description: This follow-up to the NATIONAL MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SURVEY, 1988 (NMIHS) (ICPSR 9730) consists of three components that provide information on early childhood morbidity and health. The Live Birth Survey (Part 1) obtained data on national health issues affecting children, such as child development, effects of low birth weight, childhood injury, child care, pediatric care, health insurance coverage, child safety, and acute and chronic childhood illnesses. For the Medical Provider Survey (Part 12), respondents to the Live Birth Survey were asked to provide the names of all medical providers and hospitals where their children were diagnosed, treated, and/or admitted. Each health care provider was asked to supply information on its organization, the child's health status and history, and each visit or hospitalization. The Fetal and Infant Death Survey (Part 21) interviewed women who were identified through the 1988 NMIHS as having lost a fetus or an infant during the study period. These respondents were reinterviewed to gather information about their health and about any pregnancies since their loss in 1988. The 1991 follow-up data can be merged with data from the 1988 NMIHS, which was designed to explore factors that cause negative pregnancy outcomes.
description: The Live Birth Survey sample consists of women who had completed the baseline NMIHS questionnaire and whose children were alive at the time of the 1991 interview. African Americans and low birth-weight infants were oversampled in the NMIHS. The sample for the Medical Provider Survey was identified by Live Birth Survey respondents who indicated that one or more providers or hospitals had given care to their children after birth. The Fetal and Infant Death Survey sample consisted of 2,000 cases drawn from the NMIHS--1,000 infant death cases and 1,000 fetal death cases.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Live Birth Survey Data DS2: Frequencies for Live Birth Survey Data DS3: SAS Input Statements for Live Birth Survey Data DS4: SAS Label Statements for Live Birth Survey Data DS5: SAS Proc Format Statements for Live Birth Survey Data DS6: Model SAS Procedure A for Live Birth Survey Data DS7: Model SAS Procedure B for Live Birth Survey Data DS8: Model SAS Procedure C for Live Birth Survey Data DS9: Model SAS Procedure D for Live Birth Survey Data DS10: Live Birth Survey Data--Other, Specify DS11: SAS Input Statements for Live Birth Survey Data--Other, Specify DS12: Medical Provider Survey Data DS13: Frequencies for Medical Provider Survey Data DS14: SAS Input Statements for Medical Provider Survey Data DS15: SAS Label Statements for Medical Provider Survey Data DS16: SAS Proc Format Statements for Medical Provider Survey Data DS17: Medical Provider Survey Data--Other, Specify DS18: SAS Input Statements for Medical Provider Survey Data--Other, Specify DS19: Medical Provider Survey Data, Visit--Other, Specify DS20: SAS Input Statements for Medical Provider Survey Data, Visit --Other, Specify DS21: Fetal and Infant Death Survey Data DS22: Frequencies for Fetal and Infant Death Survey Data DS23: SAS Input Statements for Fetal and Infant Death Survey Data DS24: SAS Label Statements for Fetal and Infant Death Survey Data DS25: SAS Proc Format Statements for Fetal and Infant Death Survey Data DS26: Codebook for Longitudinal Follow-Up, 1991: Part I: The Live Birth Survey DS27: Codebook for Longitudinal Follow-Up, 1991: Part II: The Medical Provider Survey DS28: Codebook for Part III: The Fetal and Infant Death Survey
description: For the Live Birth Survey and the Medical Provider Survey, verbatim responses to open-ended questions are supplied in separate files designated as "Other, Specify." For the Live Birth Survey data, model SAS procedures are supplied to assist the user in analyzing these data using different samples.Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the data file(s) and technical documentation in this collection in their original form as prepared by NCHS.