A method of imputing length of gestation on birth certificates

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• Personal Author:
  Taffel, Selma ; Johnson, David P. ; Heuser, Robert L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  A method of imputing the period of gestation is outlined for births when the month and year of the date of the last menstrual period are reported on the birth certificate but the day is missing. This method uses the recorded birth weight and months of gestation.
• Content Notes:
  Prepared by Selma Taffel, David Johnson, and Robert Heuser.
  
  "May 1982"--T.p. verso.
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Birth Certificates Data Collection/methods Time Time Factors
• Source:
  Vital and health statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research ; no. 93 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 82-1367
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; iv, 11 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9e9442722c4b2a7a197fbd4518cc8cace71b8224c582454cddbbea5b4e3c316f73c6ce37aea75e1b4beae61ef795c010483b3be68f2daeabee853711d4eae699
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