Only a quarter of millennials who want children are trying for them

Two fifths of 32-year-olds in England want children – or more children, if they are already parents – but only one in four of them are actively trying to conceive.

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.

Staying social helps people keep physically active in midlife

People who remain members of clubs and societies throughout their lives tend to have a higher daily step count and exercise more in their mid-40s.

Changing trust in the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic – CLS Working Paper 2024/2

Care leavers and their children: Evidence on how care experience affects the next generation – policy briefing

Children of care leavers risk inheriting parents’ emotional scars

The trauma associated with care experience casts a long shadow on mothers’ mental health and that of their children, finds new UCL research released today (7 February 2024).

Being an only child doesn’t affect children’s development

Being an only child doesn’t affect your development – family background matters more.

Care in the Cohorts: measurement, research and access

This webinar gives an overview of the data available on care and research opportunities in the four internationally-renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS).

Poorest children have worse health and educational outcomes in adolescence

Generation Z children born into the poorest fifth of families in the UK are 12 times more likely to experience a raft of poor health and educational outcomes by the age of 17 compared to more affluent peers, finds a new report led by UCL researchers.

Introduction to the Millennium Cohort Study

This short webinar gives first-time users and researchers less familiar with the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) an insight into this unique longitudinal cohort dataset born at the turn of the century.

Only children and cognitive ability in childhood: a cross-cohort analysis over 50 years in the UK – CLS Working Paper 2022/8

Intergenerational transmission of educational disadvantage: Educational progression of children of care leavers compared to other children in a general population sample – CLS Working Paper 2022/7