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National Records of Scotland (NRS) - Births Data

Summary

This dataset is available through the Researcher Access Service.

Abstract

All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births

Keywords

Births

Publisher

  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo

    Not available

  • Description
    Not available
  • Contact point
    Not available

Documentation

Description

All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1981
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    26/01/2025

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Not available
  • Source
    Not available
  • Collection situation
    Not available

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Not available
  • Resource creator
    National Records Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Text/csv

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.

Technical information

A JSON file is available with further technical information. This can include details of variables and data classes contained in the dataset.

Preview of JSON file

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    "modified": "2024-10-08T11:28:22.222Z",
    "version": "8.0.0",
    "revisions": [
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  },
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    "keywords": "Births",
    "datasetType": "Health and disease",
    "datasetSubType": "Not applicable",
    "populationSize": 2355051,
    "description": "All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births",
    "shortTitle": "National Records of Scotland (NRS) - Births Data",
    "title": "National Records of Scotland (NRS) - Births Data",
    "publisher": {
      "name": "Public Health Scotland",
      "gatewayId": "07"
    },
    "inPipeline": "Available"
  },
  "coverage": {
    "spatial": "United Kingdom,Scotland",
    "typicalAgeRange": "0-4"
  },
  "provenance": {
    "origin": {
      "imageContrast": "Not stated"
    },
    "temporal": {
      "startDate": "1981-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "timeLag": "Other",
      "accrualPeriodicity": "Monthly",
      "distributionReleaseDate": "2025-01-26T22:59:00Z"
    }
  },
  "accessibility": {
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      "jurisdiction": "GB-GBN",
      "dataController": "National Records Scotland",
      "dataProcessor": "National Services Scotland",
      "accessRights": "https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/services-we-offer/",
      "accessService": "Scottish National Safe Haven / Trusted Research Environment: https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/national-safe-haven-nsh/",
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      "accessServiceCategory": "TRE/SDE"
    },
    "usage": {
      "dataUseLimitation": "General research use",
      "resourceCreator": {
        "name": "National Records Scotland"
      }
    },
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  },
  "linkage": {
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  },
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      "observedNode": "Persons",
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      "observationDate": "2025-01-26T22:59:00Z",
      "measuredProperty": "count",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "Births"
    }
  ],
  "structuralMetadata": [
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "DATE_OF_BIRTH",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Date of Birth"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "SEX",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "1 = male, 2 = female"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "TOTAL_BIRTHS_LIVE_AND_STILL",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Multiple Births - all"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "LIVE_MALES",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Multiple Births - Live Males"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "LIVE_FEMALES",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Multiple Births - Live Females"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "STILLBORN_MALES",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Multiple Births - Stillborn males"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "STILLBORN_FEMALES",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Multiple Births - Stillborn Females"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "STILLBORN_SEX_NOT_KNOWN",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Multiple Births - Stillborn Not Known"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "LIVEBORN_SEX_NOT_KNOWN",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Multiple Births - live Not Known"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "TIME_OF_BIRTH",
          "sensitive": false
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "SOCIO_ECONOMIC_GROUP",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "socio-economic group of the primary household person"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "PRIMARY_HOUSEHOLD_PERSON",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Identifies the primary household person -only populated from 1996"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "EMPLOYMENT_STATUS",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "employment status of the primary household person"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "FATHER_SOCIAL_CLASS",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "only populated from 1996"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "MOTHER_SOCIAL_CLASS",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "only populated from 1996"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "FATHER_EMPLOYMENT_STATUS",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "only populated from 1996"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "MOTHER_EMPLOYMENT_STATUS",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "only populated from 1996"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "INSTITUTION",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Institution code where birth occured, also known as location code."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "MOTHER_COUNTRY_OF_RESIDENCE",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "E.g. XS = Scotland, XE = England, XW = Wales, XI = Northern Ireland"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "NRS Births",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "MOTHER_COUNTRY_OF_BIRTH",
          "sensitive": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tissuesSampleCollection": [
    {
      "materialType": "None/not available"
    }
  ]
}

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