Walker Study Data

Summary

Abstract

Cohort of over 48,000 birth records (pregnancy, labour, birth and care) in Dundee. Between 1952-1966. Contains information on the birthing events such as birth weight, date, feeding, and socio economic variables such as parent occupation.

• Contact point
  hicsupport@dundee.ac.uk
• Digital object identifier (DOI)
  Not available

Keywords

Publisher

• Name
  Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
• Logo

  Not available

• Description
  Not available
• Contact point
  Not available

Documentation

Description

• Associated media
  • Not available
• Is part of
  • Not available

Coverage

Spatial

• Spatial coverage

  United Kingdom, Scotland, Tayside Region

• Geographic levels
  Not available

Temporal

• Start date
  01/01/1952
• End date
  31/12/1966
• Frequency
  Static
• Distribution release date
  11/11/2021

Provenance

• Purpose
  Study
• Source
  Paper-based
• Collection situation
  Other

Access and governance

• Conditions of access
  General research use

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Usage

• Conditions of use
  Disclosure control
• Resource creator
  University of Dundee
• Is referenced by
  Not available

Access

• Access rights
  https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/governance-service
• Access service
  HIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
• Jurisdiction
  GB-SCT
• Data controller
  University of Dundee
• Data processor
  University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Format and standards

• Language
  English
• Format
  Csv, database

Enrichment and linkage

• Related datasets
  • Not available
• Linkage opportunity
  Not available
• Tools
  • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

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