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- | + | ==== The Origins of the NSHD ==== | |
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During the Second World War, and against a background of rising concern about poverty, ill health, poor housing conditions, unemployment and a falling birth-rate, scientists from a range of disciplines formed a committee to develop a new national enquiry. Its aim was to survey existing maternity services, particularly with regard to cost and quality in relation to income. It also had the longer-term aim of recommending how these services could be reconstructed after the war. | During the Second World War, and against a background of rising concern about poverty, ill health, poor housing conditions, unemployment and a falling birth-rate, scientists from a range of disciplines formed a committee to develop a new national enquiry. Its aim was to survey existing maternity services, particularly with regard to cost and quality in relation to income. It also had the longer-term aim of recommending how these services could be reconstructed after the war. | ||
- | The Maternity Survey attempted to interview all women who delivered | + | The Maternity Survey attempted to interview all women who gave birth during a single week in March 1946. The interviews were conducted by Health Visitors during the normal course of their routine duties at the eight week check up point. |
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Concern over the findings from the Maternity Survey led to funding to follow up 5,362 of the original infants. This sample became known as the MRC National Survey for Health and Development (NSHD).\\ | Concern over the findings from the Maternity Survey led to funding to follow up 5,362 of the original infants. This sample became known as the MRC National Survey for Health and Development (NSHD).\\ | ||
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- | The NSHD collected information from its study members twice in the pre-school years, eight times during the school years up to age 15, seven times between then and age 30, twice in their thirties | + | The NSHD has collected information from its study members twice in the pre-school years, eight times during the school years up to age 15, seven times between then and age 30, twice in their thirties, once in their forties |
- | An updated cohort profile covering the most recent data collection can be found in Kuh et al. 2011 | + | < |
- | ([[http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/1/e1.full? | + | An updated cohort profile covering the most recent data collection can be found in Kuh et al. 2016 ([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5206260/|J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Oct; |
- | Previous reviews of response rates and of the responding populations representativeness at age 53 can be found in Wadsworth et al. 2006 | ||
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+ | Previous reviews of response rates and of the responding populations' | ||
+ | * Kuh et al 2011 ([[http:// | ||
+ | * Wadsworth et al. 2006 ([[http:// | ||
+ | * Wadsworth et al. 1992 ([[http:// | ||
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Please follow the links below to see more information on the Maternity Sample, the NSHD Sample, and NSHD Data Collections. | Please follow the links below to see more information on the Maternity Sample, the NSHD Sample, and NSHD Data Collections. | ||
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