Our studies
Our briefings and impact library includes summaries of our research findings as well as reports highlighting the impact of our cohort studies.
The government recently introduced changes to the student loans system, which included lowering and freezing the income repayment threshold, and increasing the repayment period from 30 to 40 years. This briefing note adds to previous work from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, documenting the financial impact of the reforms.
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 paper uses data from couples in the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) to examine the self-reported perceptions of relationships between partners: how well they predict later breakup, and whether they are indeed related to parenting behaviours and child outcomes at age 5.
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 examines Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) parents’ varied employment hours and childcare combinations during the cohort children’s first five years. It focuses on diversity linked to ethnicity and to partnership status. The use of flexible working arrangements and their relationship to work–life balance are also considered.
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.
This paper examines new evidence from MCS on environmental factors on early childhood health and development, including the health of parents.
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 looks at the Millennium cohort’s experience of care from people other than the mother, particularly in group childcare settings. It includes sections on the recent history of childcare in the UK, the use of centre-based care and findings on the quality of group care.
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 housing tenure, neighbourhood and mobility, mobility and follow-up surveys, residential mobility over three surveys, characteristics of movers, and perceptions of neighbourhood.
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.
Find the latest developments and insights from across all our longitudinal studies.
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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