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National Maternal and Infant Health Survey

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Title National Maternal and Infant Health Survey
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BDXXJI
 
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Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Users can order a CD-ROM with data on risk factors associated with poor pregnancy outcomes.

Background

The National Maternal and Infant Health Survey was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The survey was done to gain understanding on the risk factors associated with poor pregnancy outcomes. Data includes socioeconomic and demographic information, information on prenatal care, pregnancy history, health of the mother and infant, and information regarding birth outcomes.

User Functionality

Users need to order the CD-ROM with the
data from the 1988 and 1991 surveys. To do so, users can contact:

Reproductive Statistics Branch
Division of Vital Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3311 Toledo Road, Room 7318
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
(301) 458-4547

Data Notes

The National and Maternal Infant Health Survey was conducted in 1988 as a follow back survey to follow information gathered from vital statistics records, and in 1991, a longitudinal follow up survey was completed. Par
ticipants were nationally representative women who had given birth in 1988 and the providers, doctors and hospitals associated with those births.
 
Subject CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
vital statistics
infant mortality
infant death
birth weight
low birth weight
pregnancy
birth outcomes
stillborn
infant illness
demographics
SES
socioeconomic status
prenatal care
pregnancy history
race
ethnicity
gender
sex
maternal
infant
smoking
tobacco
alcohol
multivitamin use
place of care
barriers to care
weight gain
drug use
education
childbirth class
breastfeeding
child care
well baby care
vaccines
immunizations