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National Records of Scotland (NRS) Births Data

Summary

This dataset is available through the Research Data Access Pathway

Abstract

All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births

Keywords

Birth Born Registration Scotland HDRUK

Publisher

  • Identifier
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board that is uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
  • Contact point

Documentation

Description

All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births
  • Associated media

    • Available resource files can be downloaded below.

      File name

      Templatemetadataxmlfile HDR Lookups

      Type

      .XML

      File name

      Templatemetadataxmlfile HDR Lookups

      Type

      .XML

  • Is part of
    • Not available

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1981
  • End date
    31/12/2025
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    31/12/2025

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Other
  • Source
    Other
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use, Project-specific restrictions, Research-specific restrictions

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control, Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use
  • 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. 

Data dictionary

Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of live births available through the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel pathway. Archived code lists are available at the following link, more recent lists have not been provided https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/public/20210602102315/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-background-information/code-lists-used-in-vital-events-statistics

DATE_OF_BIRTH

Date of birth

SEX

Individual's sex

LIVE_MALES

Multiple Births - live males

LIVE_FEMALES

Multiple Births - live females

STILLBORN_MALES

Multiple Births - stillborn males

STILLBORN_FEMALES

Multiple Births - stillborn Females

STILLBORN_SEX_NOT_KNOWN

Multiple Births - stillborn, sex not known

LIVEBORN_SEX_NOT_KNOWN

Multiple Births - live, sex not known

TIME_OF_BIRTH

Time of birth

SOCIO_ECONOMIC_GROUP

Socio-economic group of the primary household person

Variable description

Data type
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