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Nine in ten people in their early 50s consider working beyond retirement age

12 June 2010

Almost 90 per cent of people in their early 50s are considering working beyond the state pension age in order to have a higher standard of living, a study has found.

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New MCS Briefings published

24 May 2010

Fourteen Briefings, which distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume2): The first five years are now available:

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MCS4 data now available from UK Data Archive

13 May 2010

Data from the fourth follow-up of the Millennium Cohort Study, which took place in 2008/9 when cohort members were around 7 years old, is now available from the UK Data Archive.

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‘No right or wrong’ in return-to-work decision

7 May 2010

Mothers should not feel guilty about either returning to work or deciding to stay at home after having a baby, Professor Heather Joshi told the ChildForum Early Childhood Research Symposium in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 6 May.

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Social mobility in England report uses NCDS and BCS70 data

30 April 2010

The Sutton Trust’s latest report into education mobility, an indicator of future social mobility, has found that children’s levels of achievement are more closely linked to their parents’ background in England than in many other developed nations.

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Cohabitation, marriage and child outcomes study uses MCS data

23 April 2010

A new study, published this week by the Institute of Fiscal Studies, concludes that young children’s cognitive or social and emotional development does not appear to be significantly affected by the formal marital status of their parents.

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Sir Michael Rutter delivers second Neville Butler Memorial Lecture

13 April 2010

Sir Michael Rutter delivered the second Neville Butler Memorial Lecture, about the power and potential of longitudinal research, at the Institute of Education, London, on 31 March.

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Poorer children’s educational attainment

8 April 2010

A report which makes extensive use of CLS data was published at the end of March by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

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New director takes over at Centre for Longitudinal Studies

30 March 2010

Professor Jane Elliott is to take over as director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, which houses three of Britain’s internationally-renowned birth cohort studies. She will succeed Professor Heather Joshi, who is stepping down after seven years in the post.

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SLLS elects first President

30 March 2010

The Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS) has elected Professor Heather Joshi of CLS as its first President.

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NCDS8 data now available from UK Data Archive

29 March 2010

The first deposit of data from the 8th follow-up of the National Child Development Study, which took place in 2008/9 when cohort members were 50 years old, is now available from the UK Data Archive.

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ESRC Social Science Week – CLS organise workshops with local schoolchildren

23 March 2010

CLS organised four workshops in local schools last week as part of ESRC’s Social Science Week.

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