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Mother
The Maternity Survey (1946) was asked of the mothers and the seven full follow-ups were worded towards being asked of the mother. Indeed in 1946, 1948 and 1950 no record was made of who was interviewed; this was not added until 1952. Overall, in 95% of cases the survey was conducted with the mother, either singly or jointly with the father.
- 1946 Maternity Study (version A and version B)
- 1948 First follow-up
- 1950 Second follow-up
- 1952 Third follow-up
- 1954 Fourth follow-up
- 1955 Fifth follow-up
- 1957 Sixth follow-up
- 1961 Final questionnaire with mother
In addition to these main questionnaires, mothers were asked twice in 1953 about school absences, accidents and hospital admissions.
Topics asked of the mother
1948 | 1950 | 1952 | 1954 | 1955 | 1957 | 1961 | |
Accidents | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Bedwetting | x | x | x | x | |||
Bladder and bowel training | x | ||||||
Childhood diet | x | ||||||
Child's habits | x | x | |||||
Child's hobbies and outside interests | x | ||||||
Concerns about child's behaviour | x | ||||||
Concerns about child's health | x | ||||||
Concerns about child's nervousness | |||||||
Concerns about child's progress at school | x | ||||||
Development of child | x | ||||||
Domestic help | x | x | |||||
Education of parents | x | ||||||
Educational aspirations for child | x | ||||||
Father's work | x | x | x | x | |||
Health visitor observation of marital status | x | x | x | ||||
Hospital admissions | x | x | x | ||||
Household composition | x | x | x | x | |||
Immunisation | x | ||||||
Infectious diseases / illness | x | x | x | x | |||
Meeting with child's school | x | ||||||
Mother's work | x | x | x | x | |||
Number of rooms | x | x | |||||
Nurseries | x | x | |||||
Own or shared bathroom / kitchen | x | ||||||
Ownership of consumer goods | x | ||||||
Parental Health | |||||||
Separation from mother | x | ||||||
Sleep and play | x | ||||||
Sleeping arrangements for study member | x | x | x | x | |||
Source of hot water | x | ||||||
Subsequent pregnancies | x | x | x | ||||
Type and ownership of house | x | x | x | x | |||
Views on child's future employment |