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*  low birth weight            *
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* These data come from Appendix 1 of Hosmer and Lemeshow (1989), and were 
collected at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield MA, during 1986. 

* Low birth weight is an outcome that has been of concern to physicians
for years. This is due to the fact that infant mortality rates and birth
defect rates are very high for low birth weight babies. A woman's behavior
during pregnancy (including diet, smoking habits, and receiving prenatal care)
can greatly alter the chances of carrying the baby to term and, consequently,
of delivering a baby of normal birth weight. 

Table:  Code Sheet for the Variables in the Low Birth Weight Data Set.

Columns   Variable                                          Abbreviation
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2-4     Identification Code                                     ID
   
10      Low Birth Weight (0 = Birth Weight ge 2500g,            LBW
                          l = Birth Weight < 2500g)
  
17-18   Age of the Mother in Years                              AGE
     
23-25   Weight in Pounds at the Last Menstrual Period           LWT
     
32      Race (1 = White, 2 = Black, 3 = Other)                  RACE
     
40      Smoking Status During Pregnancy (1 = Yes, 0 = No)       SMOKE
     
48      History of Premature Labor (0 = None, 1 = One, etc.)    PTL
     
55      History of Hypertension (1 = Yes, 0 = No)               HYPER
     
61      Presence of Uterine Irritability (1 = Yes, 0 = No)      URIRR
     
67      Number of Physician Visits During the First Trimester   PVFT
                (0 = None, 1 = One, 2 = Two, etc.)
     
73-76   Birth Weight in Grams                                   BWT
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r/lowbwt_dataset.txt · Last modified: 2017/11/13 10:03 by hkimscil

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