1970s: the early years

It’s April 1970. Simon and Garfunkel have topped the UK charts with A Bridge Over Troubled Water, the Beatles’ split has hit the headlines, and the crew of Apollo 13 are preparing for lift off.

Meanwhile, in hospitals and homes up and down the country, thousands of new babies, all born within a week of each other, are being recruited to what will become one of the longest running and most important studies of its kind – the 1970 British Cohort Study.

1970s stories

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The 1970s - an animated tour

18 June 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - So, that was the 1970s. And what a decade it was for Britain’s birth cohort studies. Here's a whistle stop animated tour of the first 10 years of BCS70.
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Important discoveries from the 1970 British Cohort Study - Age 5 Sweep

11 June 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - Thanks to findings from the Age 5 Sweep we have increased our understanding of the benefits of breastfeeding, the links between TV viewing and adult obesity, and the influence of parenting practices on children's later attitudes.
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1970 British Cohort Study Age 5 Survey - Understanding mothers

4 June 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - During the Age 5 Sweep, mothers were asked a series of questions about their opinions, maternal depression and their child’s behaviour.
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1970 British Cohort Study - Life stories - Jo

28 May 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - With five decades of invaluable service to British science and society, what has it been like for our 1970 British Cohort Study members to take part in the study? Over the year we’ll be speaking to our cohort members about their lives and what the study means to them. This week we speak to Jo.
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Important discoveries from the 1970 British Cohort Study - Childhood educational inequalities

21 May 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - Few pieces of longitudinal research have had such an impact on government policy as Leon Feinstein’s analysis of BCS70, which examined the links between family background and children's cognitive development.
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1970 British Cohort Study 22 months and 42 months sub-studies

13 May 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - Almost 5,000 children and mothers took part in the 22 months and 42 months sweeps, which explored the impact of foetal nutrition on early development.
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1970 British Cohort Study - Life stories - Mike

6 May 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - With five decades of invaluable service to British science and society, what has it been like for our 1970 British Cohort Study members to take part in the study? Over the year we’ll be speaking to our cohort members about their lives and what the study means to them. This month we speak to Mike.
 
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Important discoveries from the 1970 British Cohort Study - the Birth Survey

29 April 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - Thanks to findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) birth survey we have increased our understanding of the risks posed by smoking in pregnancy, helping to improve health advice provided to mothers ever since.
 
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1970 British Cohort Study Birth Survey

22 April 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - BCS70 followed a similar sample design as the 1958 study recruiting all children born in England, Scotland and Wales during a single week in 1970.
 
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The origins of the 1970 British Cohort Study

15 April 2020 Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study - The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) began life as the British Births Survey (BBS) and aimed to collect information about all babies born in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during a single week in April 1970. More than 17,000 babies were included in the survey.
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