Briefings and impact

Videos

Webinar: New data from the Millennium Cohort Study: Time Use Diaries and Accelerometry at Age 14

This webinar introduced the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) to both first-time and more experienced users. As part of the MCS6 (age 14) survey, cohort members were asked to wear an activity monitor and to complete time use diaries. This webinar focused on the collection, content and structure of these newly-available data.

Briefing papers

SEN, school life and future aspirations

This briefing, based on data from the Millennium Cohort Study, explores how children with persistent SEN felt about school, their academic ability and their future educational and occupational aspirations at age 14.

Videos

Webinar: Introduction to the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts

This webinar introduced the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study (BCS70) to both first-time and more experienced users. It focused particularly on the wellbeing measures available in each study.

Briefing papers

MCS Age 14 initial findings – Mental ill-health and wellbeing at age 14

This briefing paper examines the predictors of mental ill-health in young people taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study.

Infographics

MCS Age 14 initial findings – teens and cyber crime

Author: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

This infographic highlights the percentage of teenagers who admitted to computer hacking and sending a computer virus. This data was recorded during the MCS Age 14 sweep.

Infographics

MCS Age 14 initial findings – Teens and smoking

This infographic demonstrates how the age at which teenagers first try a cigarette can affect their likelihood of being a regular smoker by age 14.

Infographics

MCS Age 14 initial findings – Teens and crime

This infographic highlights the percentage of teenagers who reported having been in some sort of trouble with the police.

Briefing papers

MCS Age 14 initial findings – Risky behaviours: prevalence in adolescence

Using information gathered from more than 11,000 14-year-olds in the UK, this paper explores how common risk-taking behaviour is among teenagers in the UK.

Briefing papers

MCS Age 14 initial findings – The university and occupational aspirations of UK teenagers

This briefing paper looks at the university expectations and occupational aspirations using data from the Age 14 sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study.

Briefing papers

MCS Age 14 initial findings- Child overweight and obesity

This briefing paper examines the weight status of today’s generation of adolescents taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study.