Next Steps Age 32 Online Short Mop-up Questionnaire

A&E waiting times longer for disadvantaged teens

Young people from more deprived neighbourhoods have to wait up to 15 minutes longer for accident and emergency (A&E) treatment than their more advantaged peers with similar healthcare needs, according to new findings from Next Steps.

Families and relationships in four British cohort studies: measurement, research and access

This webinar recording highlights some examples of research on families and relationships using CLS’ unique series of UK national cohort studies.

The importance of maths: Evidence from the CLS cohort studies

Improving the nation’s numeracy: what can we learn from the British cohorts?

What can cohort evidence tell us about the predictive power of early maths skills and what policymakers can do to boost the nation’s numeracy?

Generational health drift: perspectives, evidence, and consequences from the British birth cohorts

Less than a week after the general election CLS hosted an event presenting the evidence on generational health drift. The event focused on data from the CLS cohorts, which provide a powerful tool to understand generational changes in health as well as inequalities in health.

Does where you live matter when it comes to applying for university?

For most young people in England, growing up in the north or south, by the coast or in the city, is less important to their educational progress than their socioeconomic background and whether they come from a deprived neighbourhood.

Introduction to geo-linking cohort and admin data to social and physical environmental data

This workshop introduces participants to linking small-area level data on the local physical (air quality, greenspace etc) and social (access to services, deprivation) environment to cohort and administrative data.

Cross-cohort comparative analysis in the British cohort studies: opportunities and challenges

Comparative research initiatives are increasingly prominent components of health and social sciences, yet they require more specialised methods. This webinar recording discusses the challenges of cross-study comparative research and possible solutions.

Blog: future graduates will pay more in student loan repayments – and the poorest will be worst affected

Graduates who will be drawn into making repayments under new student loans reforms are more likely to be from marginalised groups or in precarious work, writes Dr Charlotte Booth.

Examining sample representativeness and data quality in the linked Next Steps survey and Student Loans Company administrative data – CLS Working Paper 2024/1

Genetics and epigenetics data in the British cohort studies

This webinar recording highlights the genetic and epigenetic data available in our studies, and how to access them.