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Millennium mothers want university education for their children

15 October 2010

The Millennium generation of UK children may have the most educationally ambitious mothers ever, a new study suggests. No less than 97 per cent of them want their children to go on to university, even though most did not have a higher education themselves, researchers at the Institute of Education, University of London, have found. […]

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One in four boys is turned off school by the age of 7

15 October 2010

Almost one in four boys in the UK is already “anti-school” by the age of seven, a major survey has revealed.

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Three in four Pakistani and Bangladeshi children in UK living in poverty at age 7

15 October 2010

Almost three-quarters of Pakistani and Bangladeshi children in the UK are being brought up in families that are living on poverty-level income, new research suggests.

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Children with younger mothers face much tougher start in life, study shows

15 October 2010

Children born to younger mothers may need additional government support if they are to fulfil their potential, a new report suggests.

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Northern Irish seven-year-olds are the happiest in the UK

15 October 2010

Childhood may not offer the freedom that it once did but most seven-year-olds in Northern Ireland are enjoying their lives. Their parents are generally content too, a major study suggests.

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Girls’ disrupted childhoods predict earlier pregnancy

15 October 2010

Newly-published research from the National Child Development Study shows that girls are more likely to become pregnant at an early age if they were not breast-fed, moved house frequently, or had a father who was absent or uninvolved in parenting.

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CLS appoints fieldwork contractor for MCS5

8 October 2010

Ipsos MORI’s Social Research Institute has been chosen as the fieldwork contractor for the fifth sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study.

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BCS70 2012 Survey: Invitation to participate in consultative process

7 October 2010

In preparation for the ninth wave of the British Cohort Study 1970, which is scheduled to take place in 2012 when the cohort members will be aged 42, there is an open call for experts in relevant fields to advise the CLS team on the content of the 2012 survey.

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New Guidance on nonresponse weight adjustments for researchers using Millennium Cohort Study data

1 October 2010

A new CLS Working Paper is published this week giving guidance on how to adjust for nonresponse in MCS sweep 3.

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Smoking during pregnancy affects children’s coordination and physical control

23 September 2010

Women who smoke during pregnancy run the risk of adversely affecting their children’s co-ordination and physical control, according to a Swedish study using NCDS data.

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1970 British Cohort Study 38-year follow-up now available from UK Data Archive

27 August 2010

Data from the latest 1970 British Cohort Study follow-up are now available from the UK Data Archive. The survey was conducted when the cohort members were aged 38 and used a telephone interview for the first time.

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MCS5 Consultative Conference: Shaping the Age 11 Survey

26 July 2010

A successful consultative conference was held at the Institute of Education in 21st July 2010 to inform the content of the next sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). The next sweep, taking place in 2012, will collect data from around 14,000 11-year olds in their final year of primary school.

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