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Our briefings and impact library includes summaries of our research findings as well as reports highlighting the impact of our cohort studies.
This report shows overall prevalences of engagement in risky behaviours, alongside breakdowns by sex, by parental educational level, and by UK country. In terms of sample characteristics, 50% were females, 36% had parents with a university degree or above, 13% were of ethnic minority origin, and the UK nations were represented by England (84%), Wales (5%), Scotland (8%) and Northern Ireland (3%). Analyses are adjusted for survey design and attrition, so figures are nationally representative estimates of risky behaviours among young people born in the UK around the turn of the millennium.
This briefing is one of 14 that distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume 2): The first five years.
This Briefing summarises an analysis of teachers’ assessments of children in the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) at age 5. These assessments complement the cognitive and behavioural development indicators described in Briefings 4, 12 and 13.
This briefing is one of 14 that distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume 2): The first five years.
It includes sections on the evidence on school choice, state versus fee-paying schools, applying for a state school place, reasons for school choice, and realising school choice.
This briefing is one of 14 that distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume 2): The first five years.
It explains what researchers at the UCL Institute of Education, have discovered about early childhood influences on the cognitive and
behavioural development of five-year-olds being tracked by the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).
It includes sections on assessments of cognitive ability and behavioural adjustment, and predicting cognitive ability, behavioural adjustment, and pro-social behaviour all at age 5.
This Briefing is one of 14 that distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume 2): The first five years.
It includes sections on methods, poverty measures, characteristics of poor families and poverty over the MCS surveys.
This briefing is one of 14 that distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume 2): The first five years.
It includes sections on ethnicity, nationality, language and religion, family structure and size, neighbourhood ethnic composition, neighbourhood ties and trust, experiences of racism, and attitudes to ethnically integrated schooling.
This briefing is one of 14 that distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume 2): The first five years by Kathleen Kiernan and Fiona Mensah.
It has sections on family context at birth and age 5, family trajectories, ethnic diversity in family trajectories, family environment at age 5, children’s emotional wellbeing and family status at age 5.
This report covers a range of key findings from the 1958 National Child Development Study.
This report summarises the key findings noted in the 1958 National Child Development Study ‘Now we are 50’ report.
This paper is a summary of the report, Parental care and employment in early childhood – Working Paper Series No. 57 by Serley Dex and Kelly Ward.
Using analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study, the paper investigates the diversity in working patterns and family lives of Britain’s ethnic minority communities. It looks at how patterns of work vary between parents from different ethnic groups, how patterns of taking leave and working flexibly can vary between parents from different ethnic groups, and how childcare use and family time differ between parents from different ethnic groups.
This paper is a summary of the report, Parental care and employment in early childhood – Working Paper Series No. 57 by Serley Dex and Kelly Ward.
Commissioned by the Equal Opportunities Commission, this report sheds light on the shift away from the norm of mothers staying at home and what this change means for women, men and children.
This briefing is one of 12 that distil the key findings of the first two surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Millennium Cohort Study Second Survey: A User’s Guide to Initial Findings.
This briefing focuses on childhood obesity and covers topics such as country differences, ward-level variation, and individual and family characteristics.
This briefing is one of 12 that distil the key findings of the first two surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Millennium Cohort Study Second Survey: A User’s Guide to Initial Findings.
This briefing focuses on childcare and covers topics such as main childcare arrangement at Age 3, hours of care and price of care.
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Our bibliography is a searchable database of published work based on our cohort studies. Search by keyword, author, date range and journal.
Data from our studies are mainly available through the UK Data Service. We run training to support researchers who are interested in using our studies in their work.
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