NCDS Age 62 Sweep

Sweep details

Sweep status In the field
Dates January 2020 to March 2024
Age 61-65
Respondents Cohort members
Fieldwork agency NatCen and Kantar Public
Data access Data to be made available for research in autumn 2024
Survey mode Face to face (some interviews may be carried out via video link or web rather than in person)
Description

The 12th sweep of the NCDS originally began in January 2020 but was paused in March 2020 due to the pandemic. We have adapted the way that we are carrying out this sweep and recommenced fieldwork in spring 2021. Data will then be cleaned and documented and will be available for researchers to use from autumn 2024.

The survey includes:

  • 90 minute interview with cognitive assessments
  • Paper self-completion questionnaire
  • 60 minute nurse visit
  • Life history paper questionnaire
  • Online diet questionnaire

The interview and paper self-completion questionnaire cover the following three broad themes:

Family, relationships and identity: including topics such as social networks, relationships with partners, parents, children, friends, neighbourhood, social capital, social and political participation, attitudes and values, religion, and expectations.

Finances and employment: including topics such as work, income, wealth (savings and debts, pensions, and housing), inheritance (receiving and giving) and other transfers, financial literacy, and education.

Health, wellbeing and cognition: including topics such as physical health, mental health, medical care, medication, smoking, drinking, diet, exercise, and cognitive function.

The nurse visit will include a range of objective measurements of health including height, weight, blood pressure, balance and grip strength.  Blood samples will also be collected.

This sweep is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, National Institutes of Health, and Department for Work and Pensions.

A summary of the content of each of the elements is provided below. A more detailed summary of the biomeasures that will be conducted is also provided. This document summarises the protocols which will be followed and gives details about comparability with measurements conducted in other similar studies.

Documentation

  • User guides
  • Questionnaires
  • Technical reports
  • Data notes
  • Additional
User guides

Handling missing data in the National Child Development Study – User Guide

This user guide aims to describe and illustrate a straightforward approach to missing data handling, while detailing some more general considerations around missing data along the way.

Date published: 12/07/2021
PDF: 657,33 KB

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Questionnaires

NCDS Age 62 Sweep – Biomeasures Summary Brief

1958 British Birth Cohort Study (National Child Development Study) Age 62 Sweep Biomeasures – 2022 Data Collection Update

Data Collection
Seated and Standing Blood Pressure
Grip Strength
Venous Blood Collection (non-fasting) and Centrifugation
Anthropometry: Weight and Body Fat, Waist and Hip Circumference
Timed Walk
Leg Raise/Balance

Date published: 19/12/2022
PDF: 169,29 KB

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NCDS Age 62 Sweep – Content Summary

National Child Development Study Age 62 Survey – Overview of Content April 2021

Content of main CAPI Interview
Content of ‘Your Life Now’ Self-Completion
Content of the Life History Questionnaire – ‘Childhood’
Online Diet Questionnaire
Nurse Visit – Bio-measures

Date published: 20/04/2021
PDF: 188,51 KB

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Technical reports

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Data notes

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Additional

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