The objective of the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS) was to collect data needed by Federal, State, and private researchers to study factors related to poor pregnancy outcomes, including low birthweight, stillbirth, infant illness, and infant death. The NMIHS was a followback survey -- it followed back to informants named on vital records. The 1988 survey expanded on information available for birth, fetal death, and infant death vital records and was the first national survey that included data on those three pregnancy outcomes simultaneously. The NMIHS provided data on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of mothers, prenatal care, pregnancy history, occupational background, health status of mother and infant, and types and sources of medical care received.
Years Available: 1988, 1991
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:
Methods: Information was obtained from mailed questionnaires of mothers.
Sampling Design: Mailed questionnaires. Cross sectional survey of three national samples of vital records: 9,935 birth certificates, 5,332 infant death certificates, and 3,309 fetal death certificates. Black mothers were oversampled in the natality component. Longitudinal follow-up survey conducted in 1991 for those mothers who had a live birth and participated in the 1988 survey.
Sample Size:
Unit of Observation: Individual
Limitations:
Data Format: SAS
Publisher: CDC Center for Health Statistics
URL:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nmihs/abnmihs.htm
Variables: List of variables for 1988 and 1991