Infant Mortality
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0155 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0155
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 origin ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 10.1958 - 12.1958
Geographic coverage: North Rhine-Westphalia (DE-NW), Recklinghausen | North Rhine-Westphalia (DE-NW), Gelsenkirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia (DE-NW), Gladbeck | North Rhine-Westphalia (DE-NW), Wanne-Eickel | North Rhine-Westphalia (DE-NW), Bottrop
Universe: Mothers, who gave birth in the year of 1957
Number of Units: 970
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).
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: DIVO, Frankfurt
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: -
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Gleiss, Jörn - Kinderklinik der Medizinischen Akademie, Düsseldorf
Publication year: 1958
DOI: 10.4232/1.0155
Study number: ZA0155
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0155
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Gleiss, Jörn:
Soziologische Untersuchungen über die Säuglingssterblichkeit im Ruhrgebiet.
Köln: Westdeutscher Verlag 1960
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