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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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…

Completed

Initial findings from the Millennium Cohort Study Age 17 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 Age…

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 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

Parental wealth in childhood and its relationship with children’s development and predictors of wealth in adult life

Using data from three of our cohort studies, this project aimed to understand how parents’ long-term financial position shapes their children’s outcomes from an early stage. This was part of the Cross Cohort Research Programme.

Employment, income and wealth Family and social networks Housing and local environment Poverty Social mobility

Completed

Home moves in early years: the impact on children in the US and the UK

Is the upheaval of moving home detrimental to young children’s development? Professor Heather Joshi and colleagues explore this question in the context of the US and UK.

Child development Housing and local environment

Completed