Making the margins visible: quantifying intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place

Making the margins visible aims to address gaps in understanding of young people’s mental health by using an intersectional framework to study inequalities. It uses data from multiple existing sources, including four of CLS’ cohort studies.

Children in poor quality housing miss more school

Children living in damp and overcrowded homes missed three weeks more of school over the course of compulsory education than their peers in better quality housing.

Childhood adversity linked to later psychological difficulties

Millennials who faced family financial hardship, parents’ separation or violence in the home during childhood are more likely to have mental health difficulties in their early 30s.

Adverse childhood experiences and mental health in adulthood: Initial findings from Next Steps at Age 32

LGBTQ+ adults at greater risk of asthma

Sexual minority women and bisexual adults are at the greatest risk of asthma, with disparities between them and their heterosexual counterparts worsening across life.

Exposure to air pollution in childhood linked to poorer health in late adolescence

Teens from ethnic minority backgrounds and deprived neighbourhoods were particularly at risk of being exposed to high levels of air pollution during childhood, with potential long-term impacts on their health.

1970 British Cohort Study age 51 data now available

Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service.

Does access to greenspace matter for teens’ sleep?

Increasing access to parks and gardens may not be enough to help teenagers in urban areas get a healthy amount of sleep.

Private schools lose GCSE results edge

Private school pupils in England no longer perform better in GCSE English, Maths and Science than their state school peers from similar backgrounds.

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.

British adults healthier in midlife than US peers

Rates of obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are lower among British adults in midlife compared to their counterparts in the US.

Not just grades: The far-reaching consequences of failing to gain a grade 4-9 in English and Maths GCSEs – CLS Working Paper 2024/3