Perinatal Data Collection Variable information – Variable Description/Notes Codes Year of birth Available from 1994. [year] Year of birth, based on baby’s date of birth. Available from 1994 onwards. Mother’s date of birth [mdob] Full date of birth will only be supplied if sufficient justification is supplied that age is insufficient. Date of birth may otherwise be supplied as MMYYYY. Mother’s age Available from 1994 onwards. [age] Age in completed years. Mother’s age group Available from 1994 onwards. 3 = 10-14 years [agegrp] 4 = 15-19 years Age in five year grouping. 5 = 20-24 years 6 = 25-29 years 7 = 30-34 years 8 = 35-39 9 = 40-44 years 10 = 45-49 11 = 50-54 years 12 = 55-59 years 19 = Not stated Mother’s country of birth Available from 1994 to 2015. Codes are the Australian Bureau of Statistics 4 digit [cob] country of birth names Mother’s country of birth.
Perinatal Data Collection – Variable information Variable Description/Notes Codes Year of birth [year] Available from 1994. Year of birth, based on baby’s date of birth. Mother’s date of birth [mdob] Available from 1994 onwards. Full date of birth will only be supplied if sufficient justification is supplied that age is insufficient. Date of birth may otherwise be supplied as MMYYYY. Mother’s age [age] Available from 1994 onwards. Age in completed years. Mother’s age group [agegrp] Available from 1994 onwards. Age in five year grouping. 3 = 10-14 years 4 = 15-19 years 5 = 20-24 years 6 = 25-29 years 7 = 30-34 years 8 = 35-39 9 = 40-44 years 10 = 45-49 11 = 50-54 years 12 = 55-59 years 19 = Not stated Mother’s country of birth [cob] Available from 1994 to 2015. Mother’s country of birth. Codes are the Australian Bureau of Statistics 4 digit country of birth names
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