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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Reading for pleasure and children’s cognitive development

Research using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) has revealed how reading for pleasure can help children excel in English and maths. It has also shown that good reading habits in childhood have a significant longer term impact on people’s vocabulary, with the benefits being evident even 30 years later.

Child development Education

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Medically assisted reproduction: the effects on children, adults and families

This project aims to advance our understanding of whether Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) affects the wellbeing of families, and if so why. Using the UK Millennium Cohort Study and Population Registers from Nordic Countries and the USA, we analyse MAR’s…

Child development Education Employment, income and wealth Family and social networks Health behaviour Mental health and wellbeing Physical health

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The wellbeing and lifecourse trajectories of only children

Using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS), the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70), the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), and the 1946 National Survey for Health and Development, this project aims to investigate the consequences of growing up…

Child development Education Employment, income and wealth Family and social networks Health behaviour Mental health and wellbeing Physical health

Completed

Initial findings from the Millennium Cohort Study Age 14 Sweep

Through the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) we have been following the lives of over 19, 500 people since they were born in the UK at the turn of the new century. Here you can read our initial findings from the…

Child development 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

Completed

Initial findings from the Next Steps Age 25 Sweep

The Next Steps Age 25 Sweep has provided valuable insights into the lives of young adults today. A total of 7,707 cohort members took part at this age, enhancing the study’s value as a resource for researchers to gain an…

Education Employment, income and wealth Expectations, attitudes and beliefs Health behaviour Mental health and wellbeing Physical health Poverty

Completed

Educational and occupational aspirations of young people: influences and outcomes

Using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), Next Steps, and the National Child Development Study (NCDS), this project investigated the role of aspirations on social reproduction and social mobility across the divides of gender, ethnicity, disability and social class….

Education Employment, income and wealth Expectations, attitudes and beliefs Mental health and wellbeing Social mobility

Completed

Social mobility mechanisms and consequences

This project provided empirical evidence on curricula delivery variation in the UK and institutional differences through analysis of Next Steps and linked National Pupil Database data. This was part of our Cross Cohort Research Programme.

Education Social mobility

Completed

Cross Cohort Research Programme

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

Initial findings from the Millennium Cohort Study Age 11 Sweep

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

Completed