Our research

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We undertake multidisciplinary research on issues that affect all our lives: child development, education, social mobility, health and wellbeing, families and family life, and ageing. We also conduct research into survey methods, and applied statistical methods.

Our applied statistical methods programme specialises in methods for dealing with attrition, causal identification, and data harmonisation.

Our research helps tackle some of the key challenges we face in our society today.

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Born to Fail? Improving the literacy and numeracy skills of education’s Left Behind

The aim of this work is to help improve outcomes for the third of pupils who leave compulsory schooling every year lacking basic English and maths skills.

Child development Childhood adversity Education Family and social networks
Open

Long-term outcomes for care-experienced parents and children: Evidence of risk and resilience from two British cohort studies

This project aims to examine the experiences of care leavers who became parents (of cohort members) and the intergenerational impact on their children’s outcomes, from childhood into early adulthood. The research uses information from the 1970 British Cohort Study and…

Child development Childhood adversity Education Employment, income and wealth Expectations, attitudes and beliefs Family and social networks Health behaviour Housing and local environment Mental health and wellbeing Physical health Poverty
Completed

Cross Cohort Research Programme

This project aims to examine the experiences of care leavers who became parents (of cohort members) and the intergenerational impact on their children’s outcomes, from childhood into early adulthood. The research uses information from the 1970 British Cohort Study and…

Child development Childhood adversity Education Employment, income and wealth Family and social networks Health behaviour Mental health and wellbeing Physical health Poverty Social mobility
Completed

Pathways from environmental risk to children’s psychological maladjustment and resilience

This project tested how neighbourhood, family poverty and other adverse circumstances are related to children’s wellbeing, as gauged through emotional and behavioural outcomes.

Childhood adversity Family and social networks Housing and local environment Mental health and wellbeing Poverty
Completed

Trajectories and transitions in the cognitive and educational development of disabled children and young people

The aim of the study was to enhance our understanding of disabled children’s early cognitive development and their subsequent educational transitions.

Child development Childhood adversity Education Family and social networks

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Our bibliography

Our bibliography is a searchable database of published work based on our cohort studies. Search by keyword, author, date range and journal.

Data access & training

Data from our studies are mainly available through the UK Data Service. We run training to support researchers who are interested in using our studies in their work.

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Centre for Longitudinal Studies
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London WC1H 0AL

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