Our online bibliography is an excellent resource for finding publications based on data from the MCS as well as our other three studies. It includes over 5,000 publications and is searchable by study, year, author, journal name, title and abstract.
We have completed seven MCS sweeps to date. The Age 23 sweep is now underway. Click on a sweep below to learn more about the information collected.
Data from all three waves of our survey of five national longitudinal cohort studies, including MCS, are now available. Find out about the topics covered, response and how to access the data.
In addition to the main MCS sweeps there have been a number of sub studies. You can find out more about these on the following pages:
New research shows children who struggle with their mental health are more likely to later be excluded from school and to truant. And exclusion and truancy can increase their mental health difficulties.
Body dissatisfaction at age 11 is linked to increased risk of depression by age 14, according to new research from the Millennium Cohort Study.
The trauma associated with care experience casts a long shadow on mothers’ mental health and that of their children, finds new UCL research released today (7 February 2024).
Being an only child doesn’t affect your development – family background matters more.
Here you can read our initial findings from the Age 17 Sweep. These examine a range of issues, including mental health, obesity, substance use and antisocial behaviour.
Eighth edition of MCS User Guide to the Datasets
Authors: Kristine Hansen
Date published: February 2014
PDF: 934,04 KB
The user guide accompanying the Age 14 survey.
Authors: Emla Fitzsimons
Date published: February 2017
PDF: 1,36 MB
We’ve published guidance to help users find out what’s in our data.
Most MCS data are available through the UK Data Service. Visit the UK Data Service study page for MCS [SN 2000031].
Some of the linked education and health data for Wales are currently only available through the SAIL Databank with plans to also deposit them with the UK Data Service.
Phone: 020 7331 5129
Email: E.Fitzsimons@ucl.ac.uk
Emla is the Director of the UK Millennium Cohort Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study following children born at the turn of the new century. Her research is focused on the development of human capital throughout the life course, and in particular how experiences and circumstances in early life and childhood affect causally the acquisition of skills later on.