| Dates | March 1986 – September 1986 |
|---|---|
| Age | 15-16 |
| Achieved sample | 11,622 (cohort members) |
| Respondents | Cohort members, parents, teachers, headteachers, medical examinations |
| Survey mode | Face to face |
| Data access | |
| Description |
Date published: 01/04/2022
PDF: 598,59 KB
Guide to the Age 16 dataset for BCS70
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 5,88 MB
This document is a guide to the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) Sixteen-year Head Teacher Questionnaire.
Date published: 01/05/2000
PDF: 439,06 KB
This document provides a brief guide to the data deriving from an arithmetic test administered to the subjects of the 1970 British Cohort Study
Date published: 01/05/2011
PDF: 297,66 KB
Guide to the Age 16 Dietary Diaries for BCS70.
Date published: 01/05/2020
PDF: 2,22 MB
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: 03/06/2024
PDF: 1000,62 KB
The information manual given to teachers as part of the age 16 sweep of BCS70.
Date published: 07/07/1986
PDF: 1012,38 KB
Student Test administered at Age 16 sweep of BCS
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 2,86 MB
Score form for the BCS age 16 student test
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 537,24 KB
Questionnaire at BCS Age 16 sweep for future career interests
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 961,66 KB
“Moving On” student test for the age 16 sweep of BCS70
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 471,73 KB
Self-Completion questionnaire for Cohort Members on Health behaviours
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 572,16 KB
“Home and All That” student self-completion questionnaire
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 641,19 KB
“Friends and The Outside World” student self-completion questionnaire
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 742,5 KB
“Life and Leisure” student self-completion questionnaire
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 915,57 KB
Cohort member dietary diary
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 648,59 KB
Education questionnaire given to teachers for the age 16 sweep of BCS70
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 334,63 KB
Questionnaire given to head teachers
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 363,95 KB
Information for health personnel for the age 16 sweep of BCS70
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 615,98 KB
Interview form given to the parents of cohort members
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 867,23 KB
Self-completion form given to the mother of cohort members
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 754,31 KB
Student self-completion health questionnaire for the age 16 sweep of BCS70
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 668,67 KB
Medical examination form given to cohort members
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 622,73 KB
Cohort member leisure and activity diary
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 753,5 KB
Follow-up form sent to family members
Date published: 01/05/1986
PDF: 213,44 KB
No material of this type is available.
Information on the data cleaning and matching of Age 16 school data with BCS70, and on the reliability of the resulting dataset
Date published: 01/05/2012
PDF: 119,21 KB
Data Note explaining the process of cleaning up the dataset and deriving variables which facilitate analysis of the Age 16 Arithmetic test for BCS70.
Date published: 01/05/2008
PDF: 218,27 KB
Review of research using information from the childhood waves of BCS70 (birth to 16 years) as either health outcomes or as predictors of later health outcomes.
Date published: 01/10/2013
PDF: 1,07 MB
An overview of cognitive tests cohort members took at ages 5, 10 and 16
Date published: 01/11/2014
PDF: 2,34 MB
This Data Note explains the derivation of variables on Highest Educational Qualification obtained by cohort members in the National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70).
Date published: 01/01/2011
PDF: 514,11 KB
Details on the ‘What about Work?’ and CARALOC (Locus of Control) Scales administered to the cohort at ages 10 and 16
Date published: 01/05/2010
PDF: 467,03 KB
This User Guide accompanies the deposits at the UK Data Archive of derived variables for each sweep of BCS70. These derived variable datasets are found under the study number for each of the sweeps and include variables for country of interview, region and government office regions.
Date published: 01/02/2014
PDF: 307,78 KB
This User Guide describes the dataset of derived variables for the 1986 sweep of BCS70
Date published: 01/02/2013
PDF: 391,98 KB
Review of Ethical procedures used for each Sweep of BCS70.
Date published: 01/01/2019
PDF: 4,18 MB
A 2013 research paper by two academics at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies on the beneficial effects of reading for pleasure in childhood has attracted a remarkable amount of interest from schools, libraries and literacy organisations around the world.
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