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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
brfed Breastfeed
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  1. 9
  2. 14
  3. 8
  4. 15
  5. 7
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 3
  10. 13
  11. 2
  12. 12
  13. 1
  14. 11
  15. 10
brfedend Age breastfeeding stopped
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  1. 12
  2. 1
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 8
  8. 15
  9. 7
  10. 6
  11. 5
  12. 4
  13. 3
  14. 13
  15. 2
brfedend2 Age breastfeeding stopped: unit
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 13
  5. 2
  6. 12
  7. 1
  8. 11
  9. 10
  10. 9
  11. 14
  12. 8
  13. 15
  14. 7
  15. 6
bwt Birthweight
  1. xwavedat
  2. newborn
  3. natchild
  1. 7
  2. 15
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 13
  7. 3
  8. 12
  9. 2
  10. 11
  11. 1
  12. 10
  13. 9
  14. 8
  15. 14
bwtel Child born early or late
  1. natchild
  2. xwavedat
  3. newborn
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 7
  4. 15
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 13
  9. 3
  10. 12
  11. 2
  12. 11
  13. 1
  14. 10
  15. 9
bwtg5 Birthweight: more than 5.5lbs (2.5kg)
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  3. xwavedat
  1. 10
  2. 9
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 7
  6. 15
  7. 6
  8. 5
  9. 4
  10. 13
  11. 3
  12. 12
  13. 2
  14. 11
  15. 1
bwtk Birthweight kilograms
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  3. xwavedat
  1. 11
  2. 1
  3. 10
  4. 9
  5. 8
  6. 14
  7. 7
  8. 15
  9. 6
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. 13
  13. 3
  14. 12
  15. 2
bwtlb Birthweight in pounds
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  3. xwavedat
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 2
  4. 11
  5. 1
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 14
  10. 7
  11. 15
  12. 6
  13. 5
  14. 4
  15. 13
bwtoz Birthweight in ounces
  1. xwavedat
  2. newborn
  3. natchild
  1. 13
  2. 3
  3. 12
  4. 2
  5. 11
  6. 1
  7. 10
  8. 9
  9. 8
  10. 14
  11. 7
  12. 15
  13. 6
  14. 5
  15. 4
bwtwk Weeks early or late
  1. xwavedat
  2. newborn
  3. natchild
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. 2
  6. 11
  7. 1
  8. 10
  9. 9
  10. 8
  11. 14
  12. 7
  13. 15
  14. 6
  15. 5
bwtxp Child born when expected
  1. xwavedat
  2. newborn
  3. natchild
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 12
  7. 2
  8. 11
  9. 1
  10. 10
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 14
  14. 7
  15. 15
chdnbg2_li newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 14
chdnbg2_lw newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 15
chdnbg2_xw newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 14
  2. 15
chdnbub_li newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 2
chdnbub_lw newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 3
chdnbub_xw newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 2
chdnbui_li newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 6
chdnbui_lw newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
chdnbui_xw newborn weight
  1. newborn
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 6
hhorig Sample origin, household
  1. callrec
  2. empstat
  3. twinsfh
  4. youth
  5. newborn
  6. nonresch
  7. chmain
  8. natchild
  9. child
  10. xhhrel
  11. indresp
  12. hhsamp
  13. xwaveid
  14. income
  15. natchild2
  16. indsamp
  17. xwavedat
  18. xwaveid_bh
  19. stepchild
  20. indall
  21. cohab
  22. marriage
  23. adopt2
  24. adopt
  25. nonresch2
  26. hhresp
  27. parstyle
  28. employment
  29. egoalt
  30. issue
  31. stepchild2
  1. 6
  2. BH13
  3. BH02
  4. 5
  5. BH12
  6. BH01
  7. 4
  8. BH11
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. BH10
  12. 14
  13. BH09
  14. 12
  15. BH08
  16. 11
  17. BH18
  18. BH07
  19. 15
  20. 10
  21. 2
  22. BH17
  23. BH06
  24. 9
  25. 1
  26. BH16
  27. BH05
  28. 8
  29. BH15
  30. BH04
  31. 7
  32. BH14
  33. BH03
hidp Household identifier (public release)
  1. parstyle
  2. cohabit
  3. nonresch
  4. issue
  5. lifemst
  6. hhresp
  7. empstat
  8. egoalt
  9. newborn
  10. natchild2
  11. callrec
  12. natchild
  13. stepchild
  14. youth
  15. childnt
  16. chmain
  17. childad
  18. adopt2
  19. income
  20. marriag
  21. hhsamp
  22. nonresch2
  23. cohab
  24. jobhist
  25. indsamp
  26. employment
  27. child
  28. marriage
  29. jobhstd
  30. indresp
  31. indall
  32. stepchild2
  33. adopt
  34. lifejob
  35. twinsfh
  1. BH17
  2. BH06
  3. 11
  4. 1
  5. BH16
  6. BH05
  7. 10
  8. BH15
  9. BH04
  10. 14
  11. 9
  12. BH14
  13. BH03
  14. 8
  15. BH13
  16. BH02
  17. 7
  18. BH12
  19. BH01
  20. 15
  21. 6
  22. BH11
  23. 3
  24. 5
  25. BH10
  26. 4
  27. BH09
  28. 13
  29. BH08
  30. BH18
  31. BH07
  32. 12
  33. 2
lchal age natural child left resp. hh
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  3. childnt
  1. 9
  2. 1
  3. 8
  4. 7
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 14
  8. 4
  9. 15
  10. BH12
  11. 13
  12. BH11
  13. 12
  14. BH02
  15. 11
  16. 3
  17. 10
  18. 2
lchbdcor Newborn child's DOB day
  1. newborn
  1. 11
  2. 10
lchbm
Special Licence 		month of birth - natural child
  1. childnt
  2. newborn
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 14
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
  7. BH12
  8. 13
  9. BH11
  10. 12
  11. BH02
  12. 11
  13. 3
  14. 10
  15. 2
  16. 9
lchbmcor
Special Licence 		Newborn child's DOB month
  1. newborn
  1. 5
  2. 14
  3. 13
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 7
  10. 6
lchby4 year of birth - natural child: 4 digit
  1. newborn
  2. childnt
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. BH12
  5. 13
  6. BH11
  7. 12
  8. BH02
  9. 11
  10. 3
  11. 10
  12. 2
  13. 9
  14. 8
  15. 7
  16. 14
lchbycor Newborn child's DOB year
  1. newborn
  1. 14
  2. 13
  3. 12
  4. 11
  5. 10
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 6
  10. 5
lchchk Check child's name, sex and DOB
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 13
  8. 1
  9. 12
  10. 11
  11. 10
  12. 14
  13. 8
  14. 15
lchdobm
Special Licence 		month of birth of non-resident biological child
  1. newborn
  2. natchild
  3. natchild2
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 6
  4. 1
lchdobyr Newborn child's DOB year
  1. newborn
  1. 15
lchdodm Newborn child's DOD month
  1. newborn
  1. 15

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